Vocab literature January Flashcards
Culprit
A person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some misconduct
Authorize
To approve or to permit
Dawdle
To waste time
Dissect
To cut apart in perpetration for scientific study
Expend
To pay out
Fatality
An event resulting in death
Gullible
Easily fooled
Illitcit
Not permitted
Immerse
To plunge or dip into a liquid
Inflammatory
Causing excitement or anger
Memorandum
A note aid to ones memory
Pathetic
Marked by strong emotion
Presevere
To keep doing something in spite of difficulties
Prevaricate
To lie tell untruth
Quash
To crush
Relish
Enjoyment or satisfaction
Reminisce
To recall ones past thoughts
Scour
To clean or polish by hard rubbing
Testimonial
A statement that speaks to a persons character
Writhe
To make twisting and turning movements