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jc Level D vocab 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abscond | to run off and hide, bolt, skip town |
| access | approach or admittance to places, an increase, entry |
| anarchy | a lack of government and law, confusion, disorder, chaos |
| arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort, difficult |
| auspicious | favorable, fortunate, promising, encouraging |
| daunt | to overcome with fear, imtimidate, discourage, dismay |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications, unravel, unwind |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune, destined, preordained, doomed |
| hoodwink | to mislead by a trick, swindle, fool |
| inanimate | not having life, without energy or spirit, dead |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes, burn up, creamate |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable, daring, valiant |
| larceny | theft, stealing robbery |
| pliant | bending readily, easily influenced, flexible, elastic |
| pompous | overly self-importantin speech and manner, highfalutin |
| precipice | a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of diaster, bluff, ledge |
| prototype | an original model on which later versions are patterned, example, sample |
| rectify | to make right, correct, set right |
| reprieve | a temporary relief or delay, to grant a postponement, stay, respite, delay |
| revile | to attack with words, call bad names, malign |