Vocabulary unit 7 level c

Definition: (n) a person who switches to an opposing side or party. SYNONYMS: quisling, deserter, renegade. ANTONYMS: loyalist, diehard.

• turncoat

• menial

• juncture

• acme

Definition: (n) the highest point. SYNONYMS: summit, top, peak, pinnacle. ANTONYMS: low point, bottom, nadir.

• ravage

• excise

• acme

• stance

Definition: (n) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles.

• excise

• attribute

• parry

• doctrine

Definition: (n) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; (v) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from. SYNONYMS: (n) trait; (v) ascribe. Choose the word that is synonymous with the given definition.

• doctrine

• attribute

• convey

• stance

Definition: (adj) not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest. ANTONYMS: conceited, pretentious, self-important. Choose the word that is antonymous with the given definition.

• jaunty

• predatory

• unassuming

• haggard

Definition: (v) to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance; (n) a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse. SYNONYMS: (v) delight in, bask in. Choose the word that is synonymous with the given definition.

• ravage

• excise

• exotic

• wallow

Definition: (v) to remove by cutting; (n) an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service. SYNONYMS: (v) cut out, expunge ANTONYMS: (v) put in, interpolate. Choose the word that best matches the definition.

• menial

• excise

• wallow

• ravage

Definition: (adj) lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity; (n) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks. SYNONYMS: (n) underling, scullion, servant ANTONYMS: (adj) lofty, elevated; (n) boss, master. Choose the word that best matches the definition.

• parry

• menial

• exotic

• haggard

Definition: (n) a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue. SYNONYMS: posture, bearing. Choose the word that best matches the definition.

• excise

• parry

• stance

• menial

Definition: (n) a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time SYNONYMS: union, seam, joint, turning point Choose the word that best matches the definition above.

• doctrine

• juncture

• attribute

• exotic