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vocab unit 4
9th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abscond | to run off and hide(v) |
| access | approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; to get at, obtain(n) |
| anarchy | a lack of government and law; confusion(n) |
| arduous | hard to do,requiring much effort(adj) |
| auspicious | favorable, fortunate(adj) |
| biased | favoring one side unduly; prejudice(adj) |
| daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dihearten, discourage(v) |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications(v) |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune(adj) |
| hoodwink | to mislead by a trick, deceive(v) |
| inanimate | not having life; without energy or spirit (adj) |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes(v) |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable(adj) |
| larceny | theft(n) |
| pliant | bending readily; easily influenced(adj) |
| pompous | overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious(adj) |
| precipice | a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster(n) |
| rectify | to make right, correct(v) |
| reprive | a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement (n&v) |
| revile | to attack with words, call bad names (v) |