Unit 4 Vocab Flashcards
Access
Approach or admittance to places, people or things
Abscond
To run off and hide
Anarchy
A lack of government and law, confusion
Arduous
Hard to do or requiring much work
Auspicious
Favorable or fortunate
Biased
Favoring one side unduly, prejudiced
Daunt
To overcome with fear, intimidate and discourage
Disentangle
To free from tangles or complications
Fated
Determined in advance by destiny or fortune
Hoodwink
To mislead by a trick or deceive
Inanimate
Not having life, without energy or spirit
Incinerate
To burn to ashes
Intrepid
Very brave, fearless and unshakable
Larceny
Theft
Pliant
Bending readily, easily influenced
Pompous
Overly self important in speech or manner or excessively stated
Precipice
A very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster
Rectify
To make right, correct
Reprieve
A temporary relief or decay; or postponement
Revile
To attack with words, call bad names