unit 7 vocab

the highest point
EX: a perfect game is the ______ of any pitcher's career in baseball.

(N) quality or characteristic belonging to or someone
(V) to assign to, credit with,
ex: the ______ i most admire in you is your willingness to give everyone your willingness to give everyone's opinions a fair hearing

to make something appear smaller than it is
ex: Candidates for public office may resort to negative ads that ________ their opponents' record

to transport; Please ______ our best wishes to your parents on their 20th wedding anniversary.

a belief or teaching; No two religions see eye to eye on every fine detail of ______.

to remove by cutting; if you _____ that irrelevant remark, you will improve your essay.

foreign;a recipe may call for_____ herbs and spices that are hard to find.

thin, pale;the _____ refugees were given food and clothing.

lively, easy, and carefree;I bought a _______ straw hat.

lowly, humble;during the great depression people were thankful to have work of any kind no matter how______.

to ward of, fend off;an effective press secretary can ______ almost any question a reporter asks.

preying on; owls and other _____ caught the championship completely off guard.

to destroy; swarms of locusts ______ the farmers fields

a way of holding the body;a fashion model's ______ is calculated to show off a designers clothes with best advantage.

showy and flashy but lacking good taste; An excess of gold braid and glittery beads gave costumes a ______look

a person who stitches to an opposite side or party; strikers generally consider those workers who cross the picket lines to be ____

not putting on airs;many celebrities remain ______ despite their fame and wealth

to roll about in lazy; pigs like to ______ in the mud all day.

to move to and fro; the committee _____ for several days before choosing the winner.

a joining together; our property ends at the _____ of the two stone walls.