Unit 7 Flashcards
1
Q
Over-trusting, innocent, naive, credulous
A
Gullible
2
Q
To crush, suppress
A
Quash
3
Q
A casualty, mortality
A
Fatality
4
Q
To fib, stretch the truth, equivocate
A
Prevaricate
5
Q
To spend, consume, use up; to disburse
A
Expend
6
Q
Moving, distressing, pitiable, heartrending
A
Pathetic
7
Q
To cut apart, analyze, examine
A
Dissect
7
Q
To plug away, pursue, stick to it
A
Persevere
8
Q
Provoking, incendiary, provocative
A
Inflammatory
9
Q
To order, entitle, empower; to approve
A
Authorize
10
Q
To twist, squirm, thrash
A
Writhe
11
Q
To delay, loiter, dillydally
A
Dawdle
12
Q
To dip, plunge, dunk; to engross
A
Immerse
13
Q
A reminder, note
A
Memorandum
14
Q
Illegal, unlawful, unauthorized, forbidden
A
Illicit
