Vocabulary Workshop Unit 7 Test

(adj.) Lit. - In a zigzag or aimless path; Lit. - Unpredictable

• embellish
• erratic
• emaciated
• eccentric

(v.) To persuade someone not to do something or change mind

• eloquence
• domineer
• diverse
• dissuade

(v.) To make twisting or turning movements in a way that suggests pain or struggle

• scour
• writhe
• quash
• persevere

(v.) To approve or permit; to give power or authority to 

• authorize
• dawdle
• expend
• immerse

(adj.) Marked by strong emotion, especially pity and sorrow; able to move people emotionally; worthy of pity

• gullible
• illicit
• pathetic
• inflammatory

(n.) State of being eccentric or peculiar

• domineer
• eloquence
• eccentricity
• erratic

(v.) Lit. - To make more beautiful; Fig. - To add unnecessary details

• diverse
• eloquence
• emaciated
• embellish

(n.) Enjoyment or satisfaction; something that adds a pleasing flavor
(v.) To enjoy greatly

• relish
• memorandum
• fatality
• culprit

(n.) An event resulting in death; an accidental death

• reminisce
• dissect
• fatality
• prevaricate

(v.) To keep doing something in spite of difficulties; to refuse to quit  even when the going is tough

• prevaricate
• persevere
• reminisce
• immerse