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Week Four

Vocabulary Words for Week Four

QuestionAnswer
Abscond (verb) To run off and hide
Access (noun or verb) Noun: Approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an entry Verb: To get at, obtain, get admittance to
Anarchy (noun) A lack of government and law; confusion and chaos
Arduous (adjective) Hard-to-do, requiring much effort, fatiguing and laborious
Auspicious (adjective) Favorable, fortunate, promising
Biased (adjective) Favoring one side unduly, prejudiced, bigoted, unfair
Daunt (verb) To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
Disentangle (verb) To free from tangles and complications, unscramble
Fated (adjective) Determined in advance by destiny or fortune, destined
Hoodwink (verb) To mislead by a trick, deceive, dupe
Inanimate (adjective) Not having life, without energy or spirit, lifeless
Incinerate (verb) To burn to ashes, reduce to ashes, cremate
Intrepid (adjective) Very brave, fearless, unshakable, courageous
Larceny (noun) Theft, stealing, burglary
Pliant (adjective) Bending readily, easily influenced; flexible, supple
Pompous (adjective) Overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious, pretentious
Precipice (noun) A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster, a ledge
Rectify (verb) To make right, correct, set right, remedy
Reprieve (noun or verb) Noun: A temporary relief or delay, respite Verb: To grant a postponement, to delay
Revile (verb) To attack with words, call bad names, vilify
Created by: lindbergenglish1
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