Unit 4 (Definitions) Flashcards
abscond
v. to run off and hide.
access
n. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase. v. to get at, obtain.
anarchy
n. a lack of government and law; confusion.
arduous
adj. hard to do, requiring much effort. (Hint: think of “HARDuous”)
auspicious
adj. favorable; fortunate.
daunt
v. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage.
disentangle
v. to free from tangles or complications.
fated
adj. determined in advance by destiny or fortune.
hoodwink
v. to mislead by a trick, swindle.
inanimate
adj. not having life; without energy or spirit.
incinerate
v. to burn to ashes.
intrepid
adj. very brave, fearless, unshakable.
larceny
n. theft.
pliant
adj. bending readily; easily influenced.
pompous
adj. overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious.
precipice
n. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.
prototype
n. an original model on which later versions are patterned.
rectify
v. to make right, correct.
reprieve
n. a temporary relief or delay; v. to grant a postponement.
revile
v. to attack with words, call bad names.
v. to run off and hide.
v. to run off and hide
n. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; v. to get at, obtain.
n. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; v. to get at, obtain.
n. a lack of government and law; confusion.
n. a lack of government and law; confusion.
adj. hard to do, requiring much effort.
adj. hard to do, requiring much effort.
adj. favorable; fortunate.
adj. favorable; fortunate.
v. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage.
v. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage.
v. to free from tangles or complications.
v. to free from tangles or complications.
adj. determined in advance by destiny or fortune.
adj. determined in advance by destiny or fortune.
v. to mislead by a trick, swindle.
v. to mislead by a trick, swindle.
adj. not having life; without energy or spirit.
adj. not having life; without energy or spirit.
v. to burn to ashes.
v. to burn to ashes.
adj. very brave, fearless, unshakable.
adj. very brave, fearless, unshakable.
n. theft.
n. theft.
adj. bending readily; easily influenced.
adj. bending readily; easily influenced.
adj. overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious.
adj. overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious.
n. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.
n. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster.
n. an original model on which later versions are patterned.
n. an original model on which later versions are patterned.
v. to make right, correct.
v. to make right, correct.
n. a temporary relief or delay; v. to grant a postponement.
n. a temporary relief or delay; v. to grant a postponement.
v. to attack with words, call bad names.
v. to attack with words, call bad names.
