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Unit 4 Flashcards

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(v.) to run off and hide

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abscond

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Synonyms: bolt, make off, skip town

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abscond

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(n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase

(v.) to get at, obtain

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access

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Synonyms: (n.) entry, ingress

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access

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Antonym: (n.) total exclusion

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access

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(n.) lack of government and law; confusion

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anarchy

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Synonyms: choas, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium

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anarchy

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Antonyms: law and order, peace and quiet

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anarchy

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(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort

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arduous

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Synonyms: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing

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arduous

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Antonyms: easy, simple, effortless

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arduous

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(adj.) favorable; fortunate

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auspicious

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Synonyms: promising, encouraging, propitious

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auspicious

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Antonyms: ill-omened, sinister

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auspicious

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

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daunt

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Synonyms: dismay, cow

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daunt

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Antonyms: encourage, embolden, reassure

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daunt

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(v.) to free from tangles or complications

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disentangle

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Synonyms: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl

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disentangle

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Antonyms: tangle up, ensnarl, snag

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disentangle

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Antonyms: tangle up, ensnarl, snag

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disentangle

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(adj.) determined in advance by destiny and fortune

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fated

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Synonyms: destined, preordained, doomed

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fated

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Antonyms: fortuitous, chance, random

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fated

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(v.) to mislead by a trick, swindle

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hoodwink

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Synonyms: put one over on, fool

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hoodwink

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Antonyms: fortuitous, chance, random

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hoodwink

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

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inanimate

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Synonyms: dead, spiritless

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inanimate

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Antonyms: living, alive, energetic, sprightly

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inanimate

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(v.) to burn to ashes

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incinerate

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Synonyms: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes

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incinerate

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(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable

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intrepid

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Synonyms: valiant, audacious, daring

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intrepid

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Antonyms: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous

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intrepid

36
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(n.) theft

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larceny

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Synonyms: stealing, robbery

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larceny

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(adj.) bending readily; easily influenced

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pliant

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Synonyms: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic

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pliant

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Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone

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pliant

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

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pompous

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Synonyms: highfalutin, bombastic

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pompous

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Antonyms: unpretentious, plain

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pompous

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

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precipice

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Synonyms: crag, bluff, ledge

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precipice

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Antonyms: abyss, chasm, gorge

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precipice

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

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prototype

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Synonyms: example, sample

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prototype

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Antonym: copy

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prototype

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(v.) to make right, correct

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rectify

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Synonym: set right

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rectify

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Antonyms: mess up, botch, bungle

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rectify

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

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reprieve

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Synonyms: (n.) stay, respite; (v.) delay

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reprieve

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Antonyms: (v.) proceed

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reprieve

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

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revile

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Synonyms: inveigh against, malign, vilify

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revile

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Antonyms: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize

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revile

English - Vocab Workshop Level D (16 decks)

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