Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop, level A, unit 7

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

• authorize
• gullible
• bungle
• smug

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

(n.) a person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some misconduct; an offender

• dissect
• culprit 
• facet
• remorse

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

(v.) to waste time; to be idle; to spend more time in doing something than is necessary

• acquit
• wither
• dawdle
• immerse

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

(v.) to cut apart in preparation for scientific study; to analyze with great care

• duration
• waylay
• infuriate
• dissect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

(v.) to pay out, spend; to use up

• persevere
• expend
• pacify
• scan

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

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

• fray
• devastate
• barrage
• fatality

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

(adj.) not permitted, unlawful; improper

• ingratitude
• illicit
• reverie
• queue

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(v.) to plunge or dip into a fluid; to involve deeply

• immerse
• refute
• acute
• eerie

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

(adj.) marked by strong emotion, especially pity and sorrow; able to move people emotionally; worthy of pity; woefully inadequate or lacking

• comment
• strife
• deem
• pathetic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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

• slake
• persevere
• gloat
• generate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4