Unit 4

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

to run off and hide

Question 2

Access (n)

Answer 2

apporach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase

Question 3

Access (v)

Answer 3

to get at, obtain

Question 4

Anarchy

Answer 4

a lack of government and law, chaos; confusion

Question 5

Arduous

Answer 5

hard to do, requiring much effort

Question 6

Auspicious

Answer 6

favorable; fortunate

Question 7

Daunt

Answer 7

to overcome with fear, horrify, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

Question 8

Disentangle

Answer 8

to free from tangles or complications

Question 9

Fated

Answer 9

determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Question 10

Hoodwink

Answer 10

to mislead by a trick, swindle

Question 11

Inanimate

Answer 11

not having life; without energy or spirit

Question 12

Incinerate

Answer 12

to burn to ashes

Question 13

Intrepid

Answer 13

very brave, fearless, unshakable

Question 14

Larceny

Answer 14

theft

Question 15

Pliant

Answer 15

bending easily; easily influenced

Question 16

Pompous

Answer 16

overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

Question 17

Precipice

Answer 17

a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

Question 18

Prototype

Answer 18

an original model on which later versions are patterned

Question 19

Rectify

Answer 19

To make right, correct

Question 20

Reprieve (n)

Answer 20

a temporary relief or delay

Question 21

Reprieve (v)

Answer 21

to grant a postponement, to delay

Question 22

Revile

Answer 22

to attack with words, call bad names