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English Unit 4 pt.1
English Unit 4
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| abscond | to run off and hide |
| access | approach or admittance to places persons or things |
| anarchy | lack of government and law |
| arduous | hard to do, requiring much work |
| auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| biased | prejudice, favor one side |
| daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate |
| disentangle | to free from tangle or confusion |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| hoodwinked | to mislead by a trick, deceive |
| inanimate | not having life; without energy or spirit |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| larceny | theft |
| pliant | bending readily; easily influenced |
| pompous | overly self-important in speech and manner |
| precipice | a very steep cliff |
| rectify | to make right, correct |
| reprieve | a temporary relief or delay |
| revile | attack with words, call bad names |