Unit 4 Definitions

Question 1

To run off and hide

Answer 1

Abscond

Question 2

Approach or admittance to places, persons, things

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

Favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

Answer 6

Biased

Question 7

To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

Answer 7

Daunt

Question 8

To free from tangles or complications

Answer 8

Disentangle

Question 9

Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Answer 9

Fated

Question 10

To mislead by a trick, deceive

Answer 10

Hoodwink

Question 11

Not having life; without energy or spirit

Answer 11

Inanimate

Question 12

To burn to ashes

Answer 12

Incinerate

Question 13

Very brave, fearless, unshakable

Answer 13

Intrepid

Question 14

Theft

Answer 14

Larceny

Question 15

Bending readily, easily influenced

Answer 15

Pliant

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Pompous

Question 17

A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

Answer 17

Precipice

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