Vocabulary Unit 11

Being no longer in existence

• distort

• dogged

• extinct

• rend

Any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc

• extinct

• grit

• fossil

• inevitable

A humorous imitation

• parody

• extinct

• meteoric

• rend

A false name used to conceal a person's real identity

• grit

• stamina

• dogged

• Alias

A slow walk or gentle pace

• burly

• replenish

• prevail

• amble

To tear apart

• replenish

• rend

• rummage

• skimp

A detective

• rend

• sleuth

• grit

• distort

Firmly established

• sleuth

• ingrained

• fossil

• rend

She knew it was _____ that her ex-boyfriend would be in one of her classes so she just made the best of it.

• FOSSIL

• ALIAS

• VANDALISM

• INEVITABLE

Even after two hundred laps the racers had a _____ determination to win.

• skimp

• sleuth

• dogged

• rummage