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Unit 4 Vocabulary
Mr. Strickland's English 1 - Unit 4 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abscond | To run off and hide |
| Access | Approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an 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 |
| Pliant | Bending readily; easily influenced |
| Pompous | Overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| Precipice | A very steep cliff; the brink or edge or disaster |
| Prototype | An original model on which later versions are patterned |
| Rectify | To make right, correct |
| Reprieve | A temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement |
| Revile | To attack with words, call bad names |