Unit 4 Flashcards
Abscond
to run off and hide
Access (n)
apporach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase
Access (v)
to get at, obtain
Anarchy
a lack of government and law, chaos; confusion
Arduous
hard to do, requiring much effort
Auspicious
favorable; fortunate
Daunt
to overcome with fear, horrify, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
Disentangle
to free from tangles or complications
Fated
determined in advance by destiny or fortune
Hoodwink
to mislead by a trick, swindle
Inanimate
not having life; without energy or spirit
Incinerate
to burn to ashes
Intrepid
very brave, fearless, unshakable
Larceny
theft
Pliant
bending easily; easily influenced
Pompous
overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
Precipice
a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
Prototype
an original model on which later versions are patterned
Rectify
To make right, correct
Reprieve (n)
a temporary relief or delay
Reprieve (v)
to grant a postponement, to delay
Revile
to attack with words, call bad names
