Unit 4 Flashcards
Access
Approach admittance to places, person, things; and increase; to get at, to obtain
Anarchy
A lack of government and law; confusion
Arduous
Hard to do requiring much effort
Auspicious
Favorable; fortunate
Daunt
To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
Disentangle
Two free from tangles or complications
Fated
Determined in advance by destiny or fortune
Hoodwink
To mislead buy 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 readily; 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
And original model on which later versions are patterned
Rectify
To make a right, correct
Reprieve
A temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement
Revile
To check with words, called bad names
Abscond
To run off and hide