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6th Grade Unit 11
Question | Answer |
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an assumed name | alias |
to walk slowly | amble |
big and strong | burly |
to give a false account of | distort |
persistent, refusing to give up | dogged |
so amazed that one is unable to speak | dumbfounded |
no longer in existence | extinct |
the petrified remains of an animal or plant that lived in the past | fossil |
very fine sand or gravel; courage | grit |
sure to happen | inevitable |
fixed deeply and firmly | ingrained |
having sudden and temporary brilliance | meteoric |
a humorous imitation | parody |
to triumph over | prevail |
to tear to pieces | rend |
to fill again | replenish |
to search through, investigate the contents of | rummage |
to save; to be sparing with | skimp |
a detective | sleuth |
deliberate and pointless destruction of property | vandalism |