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Vocab #4 Level D
Term | 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 obtain |
anarchy (n.) | a lack of government and law; confusion |
arduous (adj.) | hard to do, something requiring much effort |
auspicious (adj.) | favorable; fortunte |
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 or 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 |