Unit 4 Flashcards
To run off and hide
Abscond
Approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase;
Access
To get at, obtain
Access
A lack of government and law; confusion
Anarchy
Hard to do, requiring much effort
Arduous
Favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
Biased
To overcome(overwhelm) with fear, intimidate to dishearten, discourage
Daunting
To free from tangles or complications
Disentangle
Determine in advance by destiny or fortune
Fated
To mislead by a trick, deceive
Hoodwink
Not having life, without energy or spirit
Inanimate
To burn to ashes
Incinerate
Very brave, fearless, unshakable
Intrepid
Theft
Larceny
Bending readliy
Pliant
Easily influenced
Pliant
Over self-important in speech and manner
Pompous
Excessively stately or ceremonious
Pompous
A very steep cliff
Precipice
The brink or edge of disaster
Precipice
To make right
Rectify
Correct
Rectify
A temporary relief or delay
Reprieve
To grant a postponement
Reprieve
To attack with words
Revile
Call bad names
Revile
Call bad names
Revile
Favorable; fortunate
Auspicious
Pompous
Someone who pretends they know everything, but they really don’t (self-esteem)
Pompous
Someone who doesn’t show who they really are