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Stack #34266
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abscond | to run off and hide |
| Anarchy | a lack of govenment and lwa; confusion |
| Arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort |
| Auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| Daunt | to overcome with fear,intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
| Disentangle | to free from tangles or compications |
| inanimate | not having live; without energy or spirit |
| Intrepid | very brave, fearless, unhakable |
| Pliant | bending readily; easily influenced |
| Pompouse | ovely self-important in speech and manner,; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| Precipice | a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
| Reprieve | (n.) a temporary relief or delay, (v.) to grant a postponement |
| Revile | to attack with words, call bad names |
| Arbitrary | unreasonable; based on one’s wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness |
| Brazen | made of brass; shameless, impudent |
| Catalyst | a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change |
| Latent | hyidden, present but not realized |
| Militant | (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause , (n.) an activist |
| Morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
| Rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute |
| Reprimand | (v.) to scold; find fault with, (n.) a rebuke |
| Succumb | to give way to superior force, yield |
| Bondage | slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| Hew | to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
| Impoverished | poor, in a state of poverty; depleted |
| Incessant | never stopping, going on all the time |
| Lucid | easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
| Tanacious | holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |
| Superflous | exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| Sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |