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Padgett 8.V.U4
Unit 4
Question | Answer |
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abscond | (v) to run off and hide |
access | (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain |
anarchy | (n) a lack of government and law; confusion |
arduous | (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort |
auspicious | (adj) favorable; fortunate |
biased | (adj) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
daunt | (v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
disentangle | (v) to free from tangles or complications |
fated | (adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
hoodwink | (v) to mislead by a trick, deceive |
inanimate | (adj) not having life; without energy or spirit |
incinerate | (v) to burn to ashes |
intrepid | (adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable |
larceny | (n) theft |
pliant | (adj) bending readily; easily influenced |
pompous | (adj) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
precipice | (n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
rectify | (v) to make right, correct |
reprieve | (n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant postponement |
revile | (v) to attack with words, call bad names |
What part of speech os HOODWINK? | Verb |
What part of speechis INTREPID? | Adjective |
What part of speech is PRECIPICE? | Noun |
What part of speech is RECTIFY? | Verb |
What part of speech is REPRIEVE? | Noun & Verb |
What part of speech is REVILE? | Verb |
A SYNONYM for DAUNTED is | intimidated |
A SYNONYM for BIASED is | prejudiced |
A SYNONYM for PRECIPICE is | cliff |
A SYNONYM for INANIMATE is | lifeless |
A SYNONYM for INTEPID is | valient |
A SYNONYM for ACCESS is | entry |
A SYNONYM for ANARCHY is | chaos |
A Synonym for ARDUOUS is | difficult |
An ANTONYM for POMPOUS is | unaffected |
An ANTONYM for ARDUOUS is | easy |
An ANTONYM for FATED | random |
An ANTONYM for PLIANT is | inflexible |
An ANTONYM for REVILE is | praise |
An ANTONYM for AUSPICIOUS is | sinister |
An ANTONYM for REPRIEVE is | proceed |