Chapter 4- Vocab Flashcards

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admittance to places, persons, things.

to get at
‘ticket’

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Access

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to run off and hide-

hide and seek

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Abscond

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lack of government

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Anarchy

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Hard to do

requiring much effort

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Arduous

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Favorable; Fortunate

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Auspicious

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to over come with fear
discourage
‘haunt’

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Daunt

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to free from tangles

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Disentangle

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determined in advance
destiny
fortune

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Fated

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mislead by a trick

swindle

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hoodwink

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not having life

without energy or spirit

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inanimate

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to burn to ashes

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incinerate

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very brave, fearless, unshakable

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Intrepid

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theft

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Larceny

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bending readily, easily influenced

gymnast

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Pilant

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Overly self-important

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Pompous

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Very steep cliff

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Precipice

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Original model

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Prototype

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to make right, correct

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Rectify

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Temporary relief or delay

postpone

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Reprieve

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Attack with words,

call bad names

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Revile