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ENG 9 Vocab #4 - Def
Sadlier, Level D, Unit 4 - DEF
Definition | Word |
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(v) to run off and hide | ABSCOND |
(n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; OR, (v) to get at, obtain | ACCESS |
(n) a lack of government and law; confusion | ANARCHY |
(adj) hard to do, requiring much effort | ARDUOUS |
(adj) favorable; fortunate | AUSPICIOUS |
(adj) favoring one side undulty; prejudiced | BIASED |
(v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage | DAUNT |
(v) to free from tangles or complications | DISENTANGLE |
(adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune | FATED |
(v) to mislead by a trick; deceive | HOODWINK |
(adj) not having life; without energy or spirit | INANIMATE |
(v) to burn to ashes | INCINERATE |
(adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable | INTREPID |
(n) theft | LARCENY |
(adj) bending easily; easily influenced | PLIANT |
(adj) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious | POMPOUS |
(n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster | PRECIPICE |
(v) to make right, correct | RECTIFY |
(n) a temporary relief or delay; OR, (v) to grant a postponement | REPRIEVE |
(v) to attack with words, call bad names | REVILE |