ELA Unit 7

  authorize

(v) to approve or permit; to give power or authority to syn: order, entitle, empower

ant: forbid,

 culprit

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

syn: l

  authorize

(v) to approve or permit; to give power or authority to syn: order, entitle, empower

ant: forbid,

 culprit

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

syn: l

 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 

 fatality

(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 

 inflammatory

(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 

persevere

 (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