Unit 7 Vocabulary - Synonyms

fatality

a casualty, mortality

memorandum

a reminder, note

culprit

an offender, lawbreaker, wrongdoer

illicit

illegal, unlawful, unauthorized, forbidden

booty

loot, plunder, spoils

pathetic

moving, distressing, pitiable, heartrending

gullible

overtrusting, innocent, naive, credulous

relish

pleasure, gusto; to take delight in

inflammatory

provoking, incendiary, provocative

quash

to crush, suppress

dissect

to cut apart, analyze, examine

dawdle

to delay, loiter, dilly dally

immerse

to dip, plunge, dunk; to engross

prevaricate

to fib, stretch the truth, equivocate

authorize

to order, entitle, empower; to approve

persevere

to plug away, pursue, stick to it

reminisce

to remember, recollect, recall

scour

to scrub, polish; to search, comb

expend

to spend, consume, use up; to disburse

writhe

to twist, squirm, thrash