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unit 4 vocab; grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abscond | to run off and hide |
| access | (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain |
| anarchy | (n) a lack of government and law; confusion |
| arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort |
| auspicious | favorable; fortunate |
| biased | favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
| 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 | (v.) 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 | (adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| precipice | a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
| rectify | to make right, correct |
| reprieve | (n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement |
| revile | to attack with words, call bad names |