PTI Vocab Ch 8-14 (Tarr)

Unable to read or write

• snicker

• illiterate

• redundancy

• mutilated

When something is about to happen.

• impending

• zilch

• pummel

• contradict

To leave or withdraw

• articulate

• mutilated

• hustle

• secede

Occurs when a task or activity is unnecessarily repeated

• zilch

• illiterate

• redundancy

• petrify

A disrespectful laugh

• articulate

• secede

• snicker

• bureau

To speak against; to say the opposite

• contradict

• hustle

• zilch

• stroll

Able to speak clearly and expressively

• impending

• illiterate

• secede

• articulate

To turn to stone due to the change in the chemical make-up of an organic material.

• petrify

• illiterate

• stroll

• contradict

Zero; nothing.

• zilch

• bureau

• redundancy

• illiterate

To search through

• secede

• hustle

• strut

• rummage