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Stevenson Unit 11
Oxford-Sadlier Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alias | an assumed name, pseudonym |
| amble | to walk slowly, stroll; a leisurely walk, saunter |
| burly | big and strong; muscular, brawny, strapping |
| distort | to give a false or misleading account of; to twist out of shape, disfigure, falsify |
| dogged | persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up, untiring |
| dumbfounded | so amazed that one is unable to speak, bewildered, speechless, stunned, flabbergasted |
| extinct | no longer in existence; no longer active; gone out of use, died out |
| fossil | petrified remains or traces of an animal or plant that lived in the past; an extremely old-fashioned person or thing; relic |
| grit | very fine sand or gravel; courage in the face of hardship or danger; to grind |
| inevitable | sure to happen, unavoidable, inescapable, fated |
| ingrained | fixed deeply and firmly; working into the grain or fiber; forming a part of the inmost being; deep-seated, deep-rooted |
| meteoric | resembling a meteor in speed; having sudden and temporary brilliance similar to a meteor's; blazing, brilliant |
| parody | a humorous or ridiculous imitation; to make fun of something by imitating it; satire, lampoon |
| prevail | to triumph over; to succeed; to exist widely, be in general use; to get someone to do something by urging, win, rule, conquer |
| rend | to tear to pieces; split violently apart, dismember, splinter, cleave |
| replenish | to fill again, make good, replace, refill, restock, refresh |
| rummage | to search through, investigate the contents of; an active search; a collection of odd items, sift through |
| skimp | to save, be thrifty; to be extremely sparing with; to give little attention or effort to, cut corners |
| sleuth | a detective, gumshoe, investigator |
| vandalism | deliberate and pointless destruction of public or private property, malicious defacement, willful destruction |