Unit 4 (Definitions)

Question 1

abscond

Answer 1

v. to run off and hide.

Question 2

access

Answer 2

n. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase. v. to get at, obtain.

Question 3

anarchy

Answer 3

n. a lack of government and law; confusion.

Question 4

arduous

Answer 4

adj. hard to do, requiring much effort. (Hint: think of “HARDuous”)

Question 5

auspicious

Answer 5

adj. favorable; fortunate.

Question 6

daunt

Answer 6

v. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage.

Question 7

disentangle

Answer 7

v. to free from tangles or complications.

Question 8

fated

Answer 8

adj. determined in advance by destiny or fortune.

Question 9

hoodwink

Answer 9

v. to mislead by a trick, swindle.

Question 10

inanimate

Answer 10

adj. not having life; without energy or spirit.

Question 11

incinerate

Answer 11

v. to burn to ashes.

Question 12

intrepid

Answer 12

adj. very brave, fearless, unshakable.

Question 13

larceny

Answer 13

n. theft.

Question 14

pliant

Answer 14

adj. bending readily; easily influenced.

Question 15

pompous

Answer 15

adj. overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious.

Question 16

precipice

Answer 16

n. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.

Question 17

prototype

Answer 17

n. an original model on which later versions are patterned.

Question 18

rectify

Answer 18

v. to make right, correct.

Question 19

reprieve

Answer 19

n. a temporary relief or delay; v. to grant a postponement.

Question 20

revile

Answer 20

v. to attack with words, call bad names.

Question 21

v. to run off and hide.

Answer 21

v. to run off and hide

Question 22

n. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; v. to get at, obtain.

Answer 22

n. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; v. to get at, obtain.

Question 23

n. a lack of government and law; confusion.

Answer 23

n. a lack of government and law; confusion.

Question 24

adj. hard to do, requiring much effort.

Answer 24

adj. hard to do, requiring much effort.

Question 25

adj. favorable; fortunate.

Answer 25

adj. favorable; fortunate.

Question 26

v. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage.

Answer 26

v. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage.

Question 27

v. to free from tangles or complications.

Answer 27

v. to free from tangles or complications.

Question 28

adj. determined in advance by destiny or fortune.

Answer 28

adj. determined in advance by destiny or fortune.

Question 29

v. to mislead by a trick, swindle.

Answer 29

v. to mislead by a trick, swindle.

Question 30

adj. not having life; without energy or spirit.

Answer 30

adj. not having life; without energy or spirit.

Question 31

v. to burn to ashes.

Answer 31

v. to burn to ashes.

Question 32

adj. very brave, fearless, unshakable.

Answer 32

adj. very brave, fearless, unshakable.

Question 33

n. theft.

Answer 33

n. theft.

Question 34

adj. bending readily; easily influenced.

Answer 34

adj. bending readily; easily influenced.

Question 35

adj. overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious.

Answer 35

adj. overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious.

Question 36

n. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.

Answer 36

n. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.

Question 37

n. an original model on which later versions are patterned.

Answer 37

n. an original model on which later versions are patterned.

Question 38

v. to make right, correct.

Answer 38

v. to make right, correct.

Question 39

n. a temporary relief or delay; v. to grant a postponement.

Answer 39

n. a temporary relief or delay; v. to grant a postponement.

Question 40

v. to attack with words, call bad names.

Answer 40

v. to attack with words, call bad names.