Unit 4 Flashcards

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1
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To run off and hide

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Abscond

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2
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Approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase;

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Access

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3
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To get at, obtain

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Access

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4
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A lack of government and law; confusion

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Anarchy

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5
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Hard to do, requiring much effort

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Arduous

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6
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Favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

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Biased

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7
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To overcome(overwhelm) with fear, intimidate to dishearten, discourage

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Daunting

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8
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To free from tangles or complications

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Disentangle

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9
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Determine in advance by destiny or fortune

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Fated

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10
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To mislead by a trick, deceive

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Hoodwink

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11
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Not having life, without energy or spirit

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Inanimate

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12
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To burn to ashes

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Incinerate

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13
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Very brave, fearless, unshakable

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Intrepid

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14
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Theft

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Larceny

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15
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Bending readliy

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Pliant

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16
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Easily influenced

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Pliant

17
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Over self-important in speech and manner

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Pompous

18
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Excessively stately or ceremonious

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Pompous

19
Q

A very steep cliff

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Precipice

20
Q

The brink or edge of disaster

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Precipice

21
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To make right

A

Rectify

22
Q

Correct

A

Rectify

23
Q

A temporary relief or delay

A

Reprieve

24
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To grant a postponement

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Reprieve

25
Q

To attack with words

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Revile

26
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Call bad names

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Revile

26
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Call bad names

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Revile

27
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Favorable; fortunate

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Auspicious

28
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Pompous

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Someone who pretends they know everything, but they really don’t (self-esteem)

29
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Pompous

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Someone who doesn’t show who they really are