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vocab unit 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| authorize | to approve or permit to give power or authority to |
| culprit | a person who has commited a crime or is guilty of someones misconduct an offender |
| dawdel | to waste time to be idle to spend more time in doing something than is necessary |
| dissect | to cut apart in prepreation for scientific study to anylize with great care |
| expand | to pay out spend to use up |
| fatality | an event resulting in death an accidental death |
| gullible | easily fooled tricked or cheated |
| illict | not permitted unlawful immproper |
| immerse | to plunge or dip into a fluid to involve deeply |
| inflamotorey | causing excitment or anger leading to unrest vilonce or disorder |
| memoramdum | a note to aid ones ones memory an informal note or report |
| pathetic | marked by strong emotion especially pity and sorrow able to move people emotinaly worth of pity |
| perservere | to keep doing something in spite of diffulcites to refuse to quit even when the going is though |
| prevaricate | to lie tell an untruth to mislead on purpose |
| quash | to crush put down completly |
| relish | enjoyment or satisfaction something that adds a pleasing flavor |
| remince | to recalls ones pass thoughts |
| scour | to clean or polish by hard rubbing to examine with great care |
| testimonel | a statement that speaks to a persons character or to the benifit of a product |
| writhe | to make a twisting or turning movments in a way that suggests pain or struggle |