Unit 11 Vocabulary

An assumed name, especially as used to hide one's identity

• rend

• parody

• alias

• extinct

To search through, investigate the contents of

• rummage

• rend

• distort

• prevail

Big and strong; muscular

• ingrained

• burly

• sleuth

• meteoric

An object from the past with historical value or interest

• replenish

• skimp

• relic

• vandalism

So amazed that one is unable to speak; bewildered

• extinct

• dumbfounded

• grit

• dogged

Persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up

• dogged

• ingrained

• amble

• burly

To tear to pieces; split violently apart

• rummage

• skimp

• rend

• distort

Fixed deeply and firmly; working into the grain or fiber; forming a part of the inmost being

• inevitable

• ingrained

• meteoric

• dumbfounded

No longer in existence; no longer active; gone out of use

• ingrained

• alias

• extinct

• parody

To save, be thrifty; to be extremely sparing with; to give little attention or effort to

• replenish

• prevail

• sleuth

• skimp