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VOCAB WORKSHOP UNIT 7 LEVEL A
UNIT 7 LEVEL A
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6th Grade
11/20/2007

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Term

Authorize

 

Definition

(v.) to approve or permit; to give power or authority to

 

Synonyms: order, entitle, empower

Antonyms: forbid, ban, prohibit 

Term
Culprit
Definition

(n.) a person who has commited a crime or is guilty of some misconduct; an offender

 

Synonyms: lawbreaker, wrongdoer

 

 

Term
Dawdle
Definition

(v.)to waste time; to be idle; to spend more time in doing something than is necessary

 

Synonyms:delay, loiter, dilydally

Antonyms:hurry, hasten, speed up, bustle

Term
Dissect
Definition

(v.) to cut apart in preperation for scientific study; to analyse with great care

 

Synonyms: examine

Antonyms: sew together, fuse weld

Term
Expend
Definition

(v.) to pay out, spend; to use up

 

Synonyms: ytilise, consume, disburse

Antonyms: save, hoard

Term
Gullible
Definition

(adj.) easlily fooled, tricked, or cheated

 

Synonyms: trusting, innocent, naive, credulous

Antonyms:suspicious, skeptical

Term

Fatality

 

 

 

 

 

Definition

  (n.) an event resulting in death; an accidental death

 

Synonyms: casualty, mortality

Antonyms:injury

Term
Illicit
Definition

(adj.)not permitted, unlawful, improper

 

Synonyms: illegal, unauthorized, forbidden

Antonyms:legal, lawful, permissible, aboveboard

Term
Immerse
Definition

(v.)to plunge or dip into a fluid; to involve deeply

 

Synonyms: drunk, engross

Antonyms: dredge up, pull out

Term
Inflammatory
Definition

(adj.)causing excietment or anger; leading to violence or disoreder

 

Synonyms: provoking, incendiary, provocate

Antonyms: calming, soothing, lulling, quieting

Term
Memorandum
Definition

(n.)a note to aid one's memory; an informal note or report

 

Synonyms: reminder

 

Term
Pathetic
Definition

(adj.) marked by strong emotion, especially pity and sorrow; able to move people emotionally; worthy of pity;woefully inadequate

 

Synonyms: moving, distressing, pitiable, heartrending

Antonyms: funny, hilarious, frighening

Term

Perserve

Definition

(v.) to keep doing something in spite of difficulties; to effuse to quit even when the going is tough

 

Synonyms: plug away, pursue, stick to it

Antonyms: give up,despair, throw in the towel, quit

 
Term
Prevaricate
Definition

(v.)to lie, tell an untruth; to mislead on purpose

 

Synonyms: fib, stretch the truth, equivocate

Antonyms: tell the truth

Term
Quash
Definition

(v.) to crush, put down completely

 

Synonyms: suppress

Antonyms: start, kindle, ignite, encourage

Term
Relish
Definition

(n.) enjoyment or satisfaction; something that adds a pleasing flavor; (v.) to enjoy greatly

 

Synonyms: (n.) pleasure, gusto, (v.) take delight in

Antonyms: (v.) dislike, loathe, hate, despise

Term
Reminisce
Definition

(v.)to recall one's past thoughts, feelings, or experiences

 

Synonyms: remember, recollect

 

Term
Scour
Definition

(v.)to clean or polish by hard rubbing, to examine with great care; to move about quickly in search of

 

Synonyms: scrub, search, comb

Antonyms: ddirty, soil

Term
Tribute
Definition

(n.)something done or given to show thanks or respect; a payment

 

Synonyms: praise, honor, homage, recognition, commendation, glorification, money, tax, levy

Antonyms: blame, criticism, reproach

Term
Writhe
Definition

(v.)to make twisting or turning movements in a way that suggests pain or struggle

 

Synonyms: twist, squirm, thrash

 

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