Vocabulary Week 15

Vocabulary Week 15 Campagna

acme • A perfect game is the acme of any pitcher’s career in baseball.

acme • N. the highest point

attribute • The attribute I most admire in you is your willingness to give everyone’s opinions a fair hearing • The doctor attributed my runny nose and itchy eyes to multiple allergies

attribute • N. a quality or characteristic of someone or something • V. to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from

belittle • Candidates for public office may resort to negative ads that belittle their opponents’ records.

belittle • V. to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value

convey • Please convey our best wishes to your parents on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.

convey • V. to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to

doctrine • No two religions see eye to eye on every fine detail of doctrine.

doctrine • N. a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles;

excise • If you excise that irrelevant remark, you will improve your essay.

excise • V. to remove by cutting

exotic • A recipe may call for exotic herbs and spices that are difficult to obtain.

exotic • Adj. foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

haggard • The haggard refugees were given food, clothing, and temporary shelter.

haggard • Adj. thin, pale, and sickly as a result of worry or suffering

jaunty • I bought a jaunty straw hat

jaunty • Adj. lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance

juncture • Our property ends at the juncture of the two stone walls.

juncture • N. joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time

Vocabulary Week 15