Chapter 8 Flashcards
Word: authorize
Meaning: to prove or permit, to give power or authority to
Word: culprit
Meaning: a person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some misconduct, an offender
Word: dawdle
Meaning: to waste time, to be idle, to spend more time in doing something than is necessary
Word: dissect
Meaning: to cut apart in preparation for scientific study, to analyze with great care.
Word: expend
Meaning: to pay out, spend, to use up
Word: fatality
Meaning: an event resulting in death, an accidental death
Word: gullible
Meaning: easily fooled, tricked or cheated
Word: illicit
Meaning: not permitted, unlawful, improper
Word: immerse
Meaning: to plunge or dip into a fluid, to involve deeply
Word: inflammatory
Meaning: causing excitement or anger, leading to violence or disorder
Word: memorandum
Meaning: a note to aids one memory, an informal note or report
Word: pathetic
Meaning: marked by strong emotion, especially pity and sorrow, able to move people emotionally, worthy of pity, woeful inadequate
Word: preserve
Meaning: to keep doing in spite of difficulties, to refuse to quit when the going is tough.
Word: prevaricate
Meaning: to lie, tell an untruth, to mislead on purpose
Word: quash
Meaning: to crush, put down completely
Word: relish
Meaning: enjoyment or satisfaction, something that adds a pleasing flavor, to enjoy greatly
Word: reminisce
Meaning: a recall one past thoughts, feelings, or experiences
Word:scour
Meaning: a clean or polish by hard rubbing, to examine with great care, to move about quickly in search of
Word: tribute
Meaning: something done or given to show thanks or respect a payment
Word: writhe
Meaning: to make twisting or turning movements in a way that suggest pain or struggle
