Unit 4

Question 1

(v.) to run off and hide

Answer 1

abscond

Question 2

Synonyms: bolt, make off, skip town

Answer 2

abscond

Question 3

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

(v.) to get at, obtain

Answer 3

access

Question 4

Synonyms: (n.) entry, ingress

Answer 4

access

Question 5

Antonym: (n.) total exclusion

Answer 5

access

Question 6

(n.) lack of government and law; confusion

Answer 6

anarchy

Question 7

Synonyms: choas, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium

Answer 7

anarchy

Question 8

Antonyms: law and order, peace and quiet

Answer 8

anarchy

Question 9

(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort

Answer 9

arduous

Question 10

Synonyms: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing

Answer 10

arduous

Question 11

Antonyms: easy, simple, effortless

Answer 11

arduous

Question 12

(adj.) favorable; fortunate

Answer 12

auspicious

Question 13

Synonyms: promising, encouraging, propitious

Answer 13

auspicious

Question 14

Antonyms: ill-omened, sinister

Answer 14

auspicious

Question 15

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

Answer 15

daunt

Question 16

Synonyms: dismay, cow

Answer 16

daunt

Question 17

Antonyms: encourage, embolden, reassure

Answer 17

daunt

Question 18

(v.) to free from tangles or complications

Answer 18

disentangle

Question 19

Synonyms: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl

Answer 19

disentangle

Question 20

Antonyms: tangle up, ensnarl, snag

Answer 20

disentangle

Question 21

Antonyms: tangle up, ensnarl, snag

Answer 21

disentangle

Question 22

(adj.) determined in advance by destiny and fortune

Answer 22

fated

Question 23

Synonyms: destined, preordained, doomed

Answer 23

fated

Question 24

Antonyms: fortuitous, chance, random

Answer 24

fated

Question 25

(v.) to mislead by a trick, swindle

Answer 25

hoodwink

Question 26

Synonyms: put one over on, fool

Answer 26

hoodwink

Question 27

Antonyms: fortuitous, chance, random

Answer 27

hoodwink

Question 28

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

Answer 28

inanimate

Question 29

Synonyms: dead, spiritless

Answer 29

inanimate

Question 30

Antonyms: living, alive, energetic, sprightly

Answer 30

inanimate

Question 31

(v.) to burn to ashes

Answer 31

incinerate

Question 32

Synonyms: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes

Answer 32

incinerate

Question 33

(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable

Answer 33

intrepid

Question 34

Synonyms: valiant, audacious, daring

Answer 34

intrepid

Question 35

Antonyms: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous

Answer 35

intrepid

Question 36

(n.) theft

Answer 36

larceny

Question 37

Synonyms: stealing, robbery

Answer 37

larceny

Question 38

(adj.) bending readily; easily influenced

Answer 38

pliant

Question 39

Synonyms: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic

Answer 39

pliant

Question 40

Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone

Answer 40

pliant

Question 41

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

Answer 41

pompous

Question 42

Synonyms: highfalutin, bombastic

Answer 42

pompous

Question 43

Antonyms: unpretentious, plain

Answer 43

pompous

Question 44

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

Answer 44

precipice

Question 45

Synonyms: crag, bluff, ledge

Answer 45

precipice

Question 46

Antonyms: abyss, chasm, gorge

Answer 46

precipice

Question 47

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

Answer 47

prototype

Question 48

Synonyms: example, sample

Answer 48

prototype

Question 49

Antonym: copy

Answer 49

prototype

Question 50

(v.) to make right, correct

Answer 50

rectify

Question 51

Synonym: set right

Answer 51

rectify

Question 52

Antonyms: mess up, botch, bungle

Answer 52

rectify

Question 53

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

Answer 53

reprieve

Question 54

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

Answer 54

reprieve

Question 55

Antonyms: (v.) proceed

Answer 55

reprieve

Question 56

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

Answer 56

revile

Question 57

Synonyms: inveigh against, malign, vilify

Answer 57

revile

Question 58

Antonyms: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize

Answer 58

revile