Unit 4 Kobetish

Question 1

to run off and hide

Answer 1

abscond

Question 2

approach or admittance to places, persons, things

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

Answer 6

biased

Question 7

to overcome with fear, intimidate

Answer 7

daunt

Question 8

to free from tangles or complications

Answer 8

disentangle

Question 9

determined in advance by destiny or foture

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 a speech manner

Answer 16

pompous

Question 17

a very steep cliff

Answer 17

precipice

Question 18

to make right, correct

Answer 18

recitify

Question 19

a temporary relief or delay

Answer 19

reprieve

Question 20

to attack with words, call bad names

Answer 20

revile

Question 21

The thieves who __________ with several of the museum’s most value paintings have never been found

Answer 21

abscond

Question 22

______ to information on a seemingly unlimited number of topics is available over the Internet.

Answer 22

access

Question 23

In the final days of a war, civilians may find themselves living in _____

Answer 23

anarchy

Question 24

No matter how carefully you plan for it, moving to a new home is an _____ chore.

Answer 24

arduous

Question 25

My parents deceive the day that they first met me as a most _____ occasion

Answer 25

auspicious

Question 26

Athletes in certain sports may complain that judges are _____ toward particular competitions

Answer 26

biased

Question 27

Despite all its inherent dangers, space flight did not ____ the Mercury program astronauts.

Answer 27

daunt

Question 28

Rescuers worked for hours to ____ a whale from the fishing net wrapped around its jaws

Answer 28

disentangle

Question 29

The tragic outcome of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet’s is _____ from the play’s very first scene.

Answer 29

Fated

Question 30

Many sweepstakes offers ___ people into thinking they have already won big prizes

Answer 30

Hoodwink

Question 31

Although fossils are ___, they hold many clues to life on Earth millions of years ago.

Answer 31

Inanimate

Question 32

Because of environmental concerns, many cities and towns no longer ____ their garbage

Answer 32

Incinerate

Question 33

____ Polynesian sailors in outrigger canoes were the first humans to reach the Hawaiian Islands

Answer 33

Intrepid

Question 34

Someone who steals property that is worth thousands of dollars commits grand _____

Answer 34

larceny

Question 35

The ____ branches of the sapling sagged but did not break under the weight of the heavy snow

Answer 35

Pliant

Question 36

Political cartoonists like nothing better than to mock ___ public officials

Answer 36

pompous

Question 37

During the Cuban missile crisis, the world hovered on the ___ of nuclear war

Answer 37

precipice

Question 38

The senators debated a series of measures designed to ___ the nation’s trade imbalence

Answer 38

Rectify

Question 39

A vacation is a kid of ___ from the cares and responsibilities of everyday life

Answer 39

Reprieve

Question 40

the enrages king Lear ___ the daughters who have cast him out into a fierce storm

Answer 40

Revile