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Unit 4-6 Vocab Flashcards

1
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To run off and hide

A

Abscond

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2
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Approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase

To get at, obtain

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Access

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3
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A lack of government and law; confusion

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Anarchy

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4
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Hard to do, requiring much effort

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Arduous

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5
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Favorable; fortunate

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Auspicious

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6
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To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

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Daunt

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7
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To free from tangles or complications

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Disentangle

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8
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Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

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Fated

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9
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To mislead by a trick, swindle

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Hoodwink

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10
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Not having life; without energy or spirit

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Inanimate

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11
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To burn to ashes

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Incinerate

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12
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Very brave, fearless, unshakable

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Intrepid

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13
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Theft

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Larceny

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14
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Bending easily; easily influenced

A

Pliant

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15
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Overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

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Pompous

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16
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A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

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Precipice

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17
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An original model on which later versions are patterned

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Prototype

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18
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To make right, correct

A

Rectify

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19
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A temporary relief or delay;

To grant a postponement

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Reprieve

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20
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To attack with words, call bad names

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Revile

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21
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A person who takes part in a crime

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Accomplice

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22
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To destroy completely

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Annihilate

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23
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Unreasonable

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Arbitrary

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24
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Shameless, impudent; made of brass

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Brazen

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25
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A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction

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Catalyst

26
Q

A large scale departure or flight

A

Exodus

27
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To make easier; to assist

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Facilitate

28
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Not able to be corrected

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Incorrigible

29
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Hidden, present but not realized

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Latent

30
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Given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause

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Militant

31
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Having a gloomy or sullen manner

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Morose

32
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Not letting light through

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Opaque

33
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Chief in importance

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Paramount

34
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To talk in aimless, foolish, or simple way

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Prattle

35
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To offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion

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Rebut

36
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To scold

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Reprimand

37
Q

Slavery, forced labor

A

Servitude

38
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Careless and hasty

A

Slapdash

39
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Not running or flowing

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Stagnant

40
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To give way to superior force

A

Succumb

41
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To make up for

A

Atone

42
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Slavery; any state of being bound or held down

A

Bondage

43
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Believable

A

Credible

44
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To pay for

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Defray

45
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Hardworking

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Diligent

46
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Sad; dreary

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Doleful

47
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Frightful, horrible

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Ghastly

48
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To hold back

A

Hamper

49
Q

To shape or cut down with an ax

A

Hew

50
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Poor, in a state of poverty

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Impoverished

51
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Never stopping, going on all the time

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Incessant

52
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Complicated; difficult to understand

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Intricate

53
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Easy to understand

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Lucid

54
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Occurring or published after death

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Posthumous

55
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Overly neat, proper, or formal

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Prim

56
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Grimly or scornfully mocking

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Sardonic

57
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Exceeding what is sufficient or required

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Superfluous

58
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To take the place of

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Supplant

59
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To jeer at, mock

A

Taunt

60
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Holding fast; holding together firmly

A

Tenacious

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