Unit 4 Flashcards
abscond
(v) to run off and hide
SYNONYMS: bolt, make off, skip town
access
(n) approach or admittance to place, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at obtain
SYNONYMS: (n) entry, ingress
ANTONYM: (n) total exclusion
anarchy
(n) a lack of government and law; confusion
SYNONYMS: (n) entry, ingress
ANTONYM: (n) total exclusion
arduous
(adj) hard to do, requiring much effort
SYNONYMS: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
ANTONYMS: easy, simple, effortless
auspicious
(adj) favorable, fortunate
SYNONYMS: promising, encouraging, propitious
ANTONYMS: ill-omened, sinister
daunt
(v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
SYNONYMS: dismay, cow
ANTONYMS: encourage, embolden, reassure
disentangle
(v) to free from tangles or complications
SYNONYMS: inravel, enwind, unscramble, unsnarl
ANTONYMS: tangle up, ensnarl, snag
fated
(adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune
SYNONYMS: destined, preordained, doomed
ANTONYM: disabuse
hoodwind
(v) to mislead by trick, swindle
SYNONYMS: put one over on, fool
ANTONYMS: disabuse
inanimate
(adj) not having life; without energy or spirit
SYNONYMS: dead, spiritless
ANTONYMS: living, alive, energetic, sprightly
incinerate
(v) to burn to ashes
SYNONYMS: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes
intrepid
(adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable
SYNONYMS: valiant, audacious, daring
ANTONYMS: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous
larceny
(n) theft
SYNONYMS: stealing, robbery
ANTONYMS: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone
pliant
(adj) bending readily; easily influenced
SYNONYMS: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
ANTONYMS: regid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone
pompous
(adj) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
SYNONYMS: highfalutin, bombastic
ANTONYMS: unpretentious, plain
precipice
(n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
SYNONYMS: crag, bluff, ledge
ANTONYMS: abyss, chasm, gorge
prototype
(n) an original model in which later versions are patterned
SYNONYMS: example, sample
ANTONYM: copy
rectify
(v) to make right, correct
SYNONYM: set right
ANTONYMS: mess up, botch, bungle
reprieve
(n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement
SYNONYMS: (n) stay respite; (v) delay
ANTONYM: (v) proceed
revile
(v) to attack with words, call bad names
SYNONYMS: inveigh against, malign, vilify
ANTONYMS: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize
