Definitions

Question 1

abscond

Answer 1

(v.) to run off and hide

Question 2

access

Answer 2

(n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) to
get at, obtain

Question 3

anarchy

Answer 3

(n.) a lack of government and law; confusion

Question 4

arduous

Answer 4

(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort

Question 5

auspicious

Answer 5

(adj.) favorable; fortunate

Question 6

daunt

Answer 6

(v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

Question 7

disentangle

Answer 7

(v.) to free from tangles or complications

Question 8

fated

Answer 8

(adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Question 9

hoodwink

Answer 9

(v.) to mislead by a trick, swindle

Question 10

inanimate

Answer 10

(adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit

Question 11

incinerate

Answer 11

(v.) to burn to ashes

Question 12

intrepid

Answer 12

(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable

Question 13

larceny

Answer 13

(n.) theft

Question 14

pliant

Answer 14

(adj.) bending readily; easily influenced

Question 15

pompous

Answer 15

(adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or
ceremonious

Question 16

precipice

Answer 16

(n.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

Question 17

prototype

Answer 17

(n.) an original model on which later versions are patterned

Question 18

rectify

Answer 18

(v.) to make right, correct

Question 19

reprieve

Answer 19

(n.) a temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant a postponement

Question 20

revile

Answer 20

(v.) to attack with words, call bad names