Unit 4-6 Vocab Flashcards
To run off and hide
Abscond
Approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase
To get at, obtain
Access
A lack of government and law; confusion
Anarchy
Hard to do, requiring much effort
Arduous
Favorable; fortunate
Auspicious
To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
Daunt
To free from tangles or complications
Disentangle
Determined in advance by destiny or fortune
Fated
To mislead by a trick, swindle
Hoodwink
Not having life; without energy or spirit
Inanimate
To burn to ashes
Incinerate
Very brave, fearless, unshakable
Intrepid
Theft
Larceny
Bending easily; easily influenced
Pliant
Overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
Pompous
A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
Precipice
An original model on which later versions are patterned
Prototype
To make right, correct
Rectify
A temporary relief or delay;
To grant a postponement
Reprieve
To attack with words, call bad names
Revile
A person who takes part in a crime
Accomplice
To destroy completely
Annihilate
Unreasonable
Arbitrary
Shameless, impudent; made of brass
Brazen
A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction
Catalyst
A large scale departure or flight
Exodus
To make easier; to assist
Facilitate
Not able to be corrected
Incorrigible
Hidden, present but not realized
Latent
Given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause
Militant
Having a gloomy or sullen manner
Morose
Not letting light through
Opaque
Chief in importance
Paramount
To talk in aimless, foolish, or simple way
Prattle
To offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion
Rebut
To scold
Reprimand
Slavery, forced labor
Servitude
Careless and hasty
Slapdash
Not running or flowing
Stagnant
To give way to superior force
Succumb
To make up for
Atone
Slavery; any state of being bound or held down
Bondage
Believable
Credible
To pay for
Defray
Hardworking
Diligent
Sad; dreary
Doleful
Frightful, horrible
Ghastly
To hold back
Hamper
To shape or cut down with an ax
Hew
Poor, in a state of poverty
Impoverished
Never stopping, going on all the time
Incessant
Complicated; difficult to understand
Intricate
Easy to understand
Lucid
Occurring or published after death
Posthumous
Overly neat, proper, or formal
Prim
Grimly or scornfully mocking
Sardonic
Exceeding what is sufficient or required
Superfluous
To take the place of
Supplant
To jeer at, mock
Taunt
Holding fast; holding together firmly
Tenacious
