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Vocab. Units 4-6

The vocabulary words for units 4,5,6. Grade 9

QuestionAnswer
Abscond To run off and hide
Access Admittance to places; an increase
Anarchy A lack of government and law; confusion
Arduous Hard to do
Auspicious Favorable
Biased Favoring one side unduly
Daunt To overcome with fear
Disentangle To free from tangles
Fated Determined in advance by destiny
Hoodwink To mislead by a trick; deceive
Inanimate Not having life
Incenerate To burn to ashes
Intrepid Very brave, fearless
Larceny Theft
Pilant Bending readily; easily influenced
Pompous Overly self-important in speech and manner
Precipice A very steep cliff
Rectify To make right, correct
Reprieve A temporary relief
Revile To attack with words; call bad names
Accomplice A person who takes part in a crime
Annihilate To destroy completely
Arbitrary Unreasonable
Brazen Shameless
Catalyst A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction
Exodus A large-scale departure or flight
Facilitate To make easier
Incorrigible Not able to be corrected
Latent Hidden
Militant Given to fighting
Morose No friendly or sociable
Opaque Not letting light through
Paramount Chief in importance
Prattle To babble
Rebut To offer arguments
Reprimand To scold
Servitude Slavery, forced labor
Slapdash Careless and hasty
Stagnant Not running and flowing
Succumb To give way to superior force; yield
Atone To make up for
Bondage Slavery
Credible Believable
Defray To pay for
Diligent Hardworking
Doleful Sad; dreary
Ghastly Frightful
Hamper To hold back
Hew To shape or cut down with an ax
Impoverished Poor, in a state of poverty
Incessant Never stopping
Intricate Complicated
Lucid Easy to understand
Posthumous Occuring or published after death
Prim Overly neat
Sardonic Bitterly sarcastic
Superfluous Exceeding what is sufficient
Supplant To take the place of
Taunt To jeer at
Tenacious Holding fast; holding together firmly
Created by: Tierney
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