Unit 4: Definitions Flashcards

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Abscond

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To run off and hide

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Access

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Approach of admittance to places, persons, things; an increase
To get at, obtain

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Anarchy

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A lack of government and law; confusion

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Arduous

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Hard to do, requiring much effort

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Auspicious

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Favorable; fortunate

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Biased

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favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

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Daunt

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To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

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Disentangle

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To free from tangles or complications

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Fated

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Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

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Hoodwink

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To mislead by a trick, decieve

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Inanimate

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Not having life; without energy or spirit

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Incinerate

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To burn to ashes

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Intrepid

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Very brave, fearless, unshakeable

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Larceny

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Theft

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Pilant

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Bending readily; easily influenced

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Pompous

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

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Precipice

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A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

18
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Rectify

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To make right, correct

19
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Reprieve

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A temporary relief or delay

To grant a postponement

20
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Revile

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To attack with words, call bad names