| Word |
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| Definition |
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| Abscond |
v. to run off and hide |
| Access |
n. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase |
| Access |
v. to get at obstain |
| 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 |
| Reprieve |
v. to grant a postponement |
| Revile |
v. to attack with words, call bad names |
5th Grade Science
