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Vocabulary 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abscond | To run off and hide. |
| Access | Approach or admittance to places, persons, things; and increase; to get at, obtain. |
| Anarchy | A lack of government and law; 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 complications. |
| Fated | Determined in advance by destiny or fortune. |
| Hoodwink | To mislead by a trick, swindle. |
| Inanimate | Not having life; without energy or spirit. |
| Incinerate | To burn to ashes. |
| Intrepid | Very brave, fearless, unshakable. |
| Larceny | Theft |
| Pilant | Bending readily; easily influenced. |
| Pompous | Overly self-important and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious. |
| Precipice | A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster. |
| Prototype | An original model on which later versions are patented. |
| Rectify | To make right, correct. |
| Reprieve | A temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement. |
| Revile | To attack with word, call bad names. |