perish

Day 27Level 1

PER-ish

get destroyed

to get destroyed; decay

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

die, disappear, vanish

Antonyms:

revive

Example Sentence:

Gerbil, a mouse astronaut, perish on Russian spaceflight.

Related Words

termination

ab-sizh-uhn

act of cutting off or removing

curse

uh-NA-thuh-muh

solemn curse; a loathed person or thing

indifferent

ap-uh-THET-ik

having or showing little or no emotion; not interested or concerned

austere

uh-SET-ik

one who practices rigid self denial; austere

independent

aw-TON-uh-muhs

self-governing

pernicious

BEYN-fuhl

pernicious, poisonous