Unit 11 Flashcards
deep-seated, fixed, deep-rooted, indelible
ingrained
to disfigure, misshape, to falsify
distort
a satire, travesty, to lampoon, burlesque
parody
to refill, restock,refresh, restore
replenish
brilliant, blazing
meteoric
unavoidable, inescapable, fated
inevitable
to rule, reign; to overcome, conquer
prevail
to split, cleave, splinter, tear asunder
rend
strapping, hefty, beefy, brawny
burly
to be stingy; to scrimp, cut corners
skimp
determined, untiring, persistant
dogged
dirt, sand; courage, mettle; to grind
grit
to delve into, sift through, poke around
rummage
speechless, stunned, flabbergasted
dumfounded
petrified remains; a relic
fossils
died out, vanished
extinct
a detective, investigator
sleuth
to stroll, saunter; a walk, ramble
amble
willful destruction, malicious defacement
vandalism
an assumed name, pseudonym
alias