Unit 4-6 Vocab

Question 1

To run off and hide

Answer 1

Abscond

Question 2

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

To get at, obtain

Answer 2

Access

Question 3

A lack of government and law; confusion

Answer 3

Anarchy

Question 4

Hard to do, requiring much effort

Answer 4

Arduous

Question 5

Favorable; fortunate

Answer 5

Auspicious

Question 6

To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

Answer 6

Daunt

Question 7

To free from tangles or complications

Answer 7

Disentangle

Question 8

Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Answer 8

Fated

Question 9

To mislead by a trick, swindle

Answer 9

Hoodwink

Question 10

Not having life; without energy or spirit

Answer 10

Inanimate

Question 11

To burn to ashes

Answer 11

Incinerate

Question 12

Very brave, fearless, unshakable

Answer 12

Intrepid

Question 13

Theft

Answer 13

Larceny

Question 14

Bending easily; easily influenced

Answer 14

Pliant

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Pompous

Question 16

A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

Answer 16

Precipice

Question 17

An original model on which later versions are patterned

Answer 17

Prototype

Question 18

To make right, correct

Answer 18

Rectify

Question 19

A temporary relief or delay;

To grant a postponement

Answer 19

Reprieve

Question 20

To attack with words, call bad names

Answer 20

Revile

Question 21

A person who takes part in a crime

Answer 21

Accomplice

Question 22

To destroy completely

Answer 22

Annihilate

Question 23

Unreasonable

Answer 23

Arbitrary

Question 24

Shameless, impudent; made of brass

Answer 24

Brazen

Question 25

A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction

Answer 25

Catalyst

Question 26

A large scale departure or flight

Answer 26

Exodus

Question 27

To make easier; to assist

Answer 27

Facilitate

Question 28

Not able to be corrected

Answer 28

Incorrigible

Question 29

Hidden, present but not realized

Answer 29

Latent

Question 30

Given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause

Answer 30

Militant

Question 31

Having a gloomy or sullen manner

Answer 31

Morose

Question 32

Not letting light through

Answer 32

Opaque

Question 33

Chief in importance

Answer 33

Paramount

Question 34

To talk in aimless, foolish, or simple way

Answer 34

Prattle

Question 35

To offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion

Answer 35

Rebut

Question 36

To scold

Answer 36

Reprimand

Question 37

Slavery, forced labor

Answer 37

Servitude

Question 38

Careless and hasty

Answer 38

Slapdash

Question 39

Not running or flowing

Answer 39

Stagnant

Question 40

To give way to superior force

Answer 40

Succumb

Question 41

To make up for

Answer 41

Atone

Question 42

Slavery; any state of being bound or held down

Answer 42

Bondage

Question 43

Believable

Answer 43

Credible

Question 44

To pay for

Answer 44

Defray

Question 45

Hardworking

Answer 45

Diligent

Question 46

Sad; dreary

Answer 46

Doleful

Question 47

Frightful, horrible

Answer 47

Ghastly

Question 48

To hold back

Answer 48

Hamper

Question 49

To shape or cut down with an ax

Answer 49

Hew

Question 50

Poor, in a state of poverty

Answer 50

Impoverished

Question 51

Never stopping, going on all the time

Answer 51

Incessant

Question 52

Complicated; difficult to understand

Answer 52

Intricate

Question 53

Easy to understand

Answer 53

Lucid

Question 54

Occurring or published after death

Answer 54

Posthumous

Question 55

Overly neat, proper, or formal

Answer 55

Prim

Question 56

Grimly or scornfully mocking

Answer 56

Sardonic

Question 57

Exceeding what is sufficient or required

Answer 57

Superfluous

Question 58

To take the place of

Answer 58

Supplant

Question 59

To jeer at, mock

Answer 59

Taunt

Question 60

Holding fast; holding together firmly

Answer 60

Tenacious