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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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| acme | the highest point; summit, top, peak, pinnacle |
| attribute | (n) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or somthing;(v) to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from; trait; ascribe |
| belittle | (v)to make something appear smaller than it is;to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value; minimize; underrate; disparage |
| convey | (v) to transport;p to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership ot title to; carry, sned, impart |
| doctrine | (n)a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles; |
| excise | (v)to remove by cutting; (n) an indirect tax on teh manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service; cut out, delete, expunge |
| exotic | (adj)foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strinkingly unusual; strange, alien, picturesque, colorful |
| haggard | (adj)thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking; deawn, gaunt, wasted |
| jaunty | (adj)lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance; unconcerned, lighthearted |
| juncture | (n)a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time; union, seam, joint, turning point |
| menial | (adj)lowly, humbly, lackin gimportance or dignity; (n) a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks; underling, scullion, servant |
| parry | (V)to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid,(N) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports; |
| predatory | (adj)preying on, plundering, or piratical; looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious |
| ravage | (v)to destroy, lay waste, ruin;(n) ruinous damage, destruction; wreck, devastate |
| stance | (n)a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue; posture, bearing |
| tawdry | (adj)showy and flashy but lacking in good taste; loud, garish, gaudy, tacky, vulgar |
| turncoat | (n)a person who switches to an opposing side or party; traitor, quisling, deserter, renegade |
| unassuming | (adj)not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest |
| wallow | (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; delight in, bask in |
| waver | (v)to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision; hesitate, falter |
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