Unit 4 Vocab Flashcards
Abscond
Verb
To run off and hide
Synonyms: bolt, make off, skip town
Access
Noun, Verb
Approach or admittance to places, persons, or things; an increase; to get at, obtain
Synonyms: entry, ingress
Antonyms: total exclusion
Anarchy
Noun
Lack of government and law; confusion
Synonyms: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium
Antonyms: law and order, peace and quiet
Arduous
Adjective
Hard to do, requiring much effort
Synonyms: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
Antonyms: easy, simple, effortless
Auspicious
Adjective
Favorable, fortunate
Synonyms: promising, encouraging, propitious
Antonyms: ill-omened, sinister
Daunt
Verb
To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
Synonyms: dismay, cow
Antonyms: encourage, embolden, reassure
Disentangle
Verb
To free from tangles or complications
Synonyms: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl
Antonyms: tangle up, ensnarl, snag
Fated
Adjective
Determined in advance by destiny or fortune
Synonyms: determined, preordained, doomed
Antonyms: fortuitous, chance, random
Hoodwink
Verb
To mislead by a trick, swindle
Synonyms: put one over on, fool
Antonyms: disabuse
Inanimate
Adjective
Not having life; without energy or spirit
Synonyms: dead, spiritless
Antonyms: living, alive, energetic, sprightly
Incinerate
Verb
To burn to ashes
Synonyms: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes
Intrepid
Adjective
Very brave, fearless, unshakeable
Synonyms: valiant, audacious, daring
Antonyms: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous
Larceny
Noun
Theft
Synonyms: stealing, robbery
Pliant
Adjective
Bending readily, easily influenced
Synonyms: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone
Pompous
Adjective
Overly self important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
Synonyms: highfalutin , bombastic
Antonyms: unpretentious, plain
