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Stevenson Unit 11
Oxford-Sadlier Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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extinct | no longer in existence; no longer active; gone out of use, died out |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 |