Unit 7 sadler oxford level a

authorize

authorize

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

syn: order, entitle, empower ant: forbid, ban, prohibit

culprit

(n) a person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some

misconduct; an offender syn: lawbreaker, wrongdoer

dawdle

(v) to waste time; to be idle; to spend more time in doing something

than is necessary syn: delay, loiter, dillydally ant: hurry, hasten, speed up, bustle

dissect

(v) to cut apart in preparation for scientific study; to analyze with great

care syn: examine ant: sew together, fuse, weld

expend

(v) to pay out, spend; to use up syn: utilize, consume, disburse ant: save, hoard

fatatlity

(n) an event resulting in death; an accidental death syn: casualty, mortality ant: injury

gullible

(adj) easily fooled, tricked, or cheated syn: trusting, innocent, naïve, credulous ant: suspicious, skeptical

illicit

(adj) not permitted, unlawful, improper syn: illegal, unauthorized, forbidden ant: legal, lawful, permissible, aboveboard

immerse

(v) to plunge or dip into fluid; to involve deeply syn: dunk, engross ant: dredge up, pull out

inflamatory

(adj) causing excitement or anger; leading to violence or

disorder

syn: provoking, incendiary, provocative ant: calming, soothing, lulling, quieting

memorandum

(n) a note to aid one’s memory; an informal note or report (pl can be memorandums or memoranda) syn: reminder

pathetic

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

syn: moving, distressing, pitiable, heartrending ant: funny, hilarious, frightening

perservere

(v) to keep doing something in spite of difficulties; to refuse to quit

even when the going is tough syn: plug away, pursue, stick to it ant: give up, despair, throw in the towel, quit

prevaricate

(v) to lie, tell an untruth; to mislead on purpose syn: fib, stretch the truth, equivocate ant: tell the truth

quash

(v) to crush, put down completely syn: suppress ant: start, kindle, ignite, encourage

relish

(n) enjoyment or satisfaction; something that adds a pleasing flavor (v) to enjoy greatly syn: (n) pleasure, gusto (v) take delight in ant: (v) dislike, loathe, hate, despise

reminisce

(v) to recall one’s past thoughts, feelings, or experiences syn: remember, recollect

scour

(v) to clean or polish by hard rubbing; to examine with great care; to

move about quickly in search of syn: scrub, search, comb ant: dirty, soil

tribute

(n) something done or given to show thanks or respect; a payment syn: praise, honor, homage, recognition, commendation, glorification, money, tax, levy ant: blame, criticism, reproach

writhe

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

or struggle syn: twist, squirm, thrash