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Unit 7 Vocabulary

AB
Authorizeto approve or permit, to give power or authority to, order entitle, empower
Culprita person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some miconduct, an offender, lawbreaker
Dawdleto waste time, to be idle, delay. loiter
Dissectto cut apart in preparation for scientific study, to analyze with great care, examine
Expendto pay out, spend, to use up, utilize
Fatalityan event resulting in death, an accidental death, casualty
Gullibleeasily fooled, tricked, or cheated, trusting, naive
Illicitnot permitted, unlawful, improper, forbidden
Immerseto plunge or dip into a fluid, to involve deeply, dunk, engross
Inflammatorycausing excitement or anger, leading to violence or disorder, provoking
Memoranduma note to aid one's memory, an informal ote or report, reminder
Patheticmarked by strong emotion, expecially pity and sorrow,worthy of pity, woefully inadequate, heartrending
Persevereto keep doing something in spite of difficulties, to refuse to quit even when the going is tough
Prevaricateto lie, to mislead on purpose
Quashto crush, to put down completely, suppress
Relishenjoyment or satisfaction.to enjoy greatly
Reminisceto recall one's past thought, feelings or experiences, remember, recollect
Scourto clean or polish by hard rubbing, to examine with great care, to move about quickly in search of
Tributesomething done or given to show thanks or respect, payment
Writheto make twistin or turning movements in a way that suggests pain or struggle, squirm, thrash


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