| A | B |
|---|
| acme | the highest point |
| attribute | to assign to: a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something |
| belittle | to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value |
| convey | to transport: to transmit; to communicate; make known to transfer ownership or title to |
| doctrine | a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formaulation of such beliefs or principles |
| excise | to remove by cutting; an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service |
| exotic | foreign, charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual |
| haggard | thin, pale, and careworn as a result or worry or suffering; wild-looking |
| jaunty | lively, easy, and carefree; smart or trim |
| juncture | a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time |
| menial | lowly, humble, lacking improtance or dignity; a servant who does the humble and unpleasant tasks |
| parry | to ward off, evade, avoid; a defensive movement in fencing and other sports |
| predatory | preying on, plundering, or piratical |
| ravage | to destroy, lay waste, ruin, ruinous damage, destruction |
| stance | a way of holding the body, an attitude or position on an issue |
| tawdry | showy and flashy but lacking in good taste |
| turncoat | a person who switches to an opposing side or party |
| unassuming | not putting on airs, modest |
| waver | to move to and fro, become unsteady, to show lack of firmenss or decision. |
| wallow | roll about in lazy, clumsy or helpless way, of overindulge in, have in abundance, wet, muddy dusty area used by animals as a bath, state of moral or physical collapse |
