Unit 4 Vocab//Stinson

Question 1

Absond

Answer 1

Verb; to run off and hide

Question 2

Access

Answer 2

Noun; increase
Verb; to get at, obtain

Question 3

Anarchy

Answer 3

Noun; a lack of government and law; confusion

Question 4

Arduous

Answer 4

Adjective; hard to do, requiring much effort

Question 5

Auspicious

Answer 5

Adjective; favorable; fortunate

Question 6

Biased

Answer 6

Adjective; favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

Question 7

Daunt

Answer 7

Verb; to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten; discouraging

Question 8

Disentangle

Answer 8

Verb; to free from tangles or complications

Question 9

Fated

Answer 9

Adjective; determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Question 10

Hoodwink

Answer 10

Verb; to mislead by a trick, deceive

Question 11

Inanimate

Answer 11

Adjective; not having life, without energy or spirit

Question 12

Incinerate

Answer 12

Verb; to burn to ashes

Question 13

Intrepid

Answer 13

Adjective; very brave, fearless, unshakable

Question 14

Larceny

Answer 14

Noun; theft

Question 15

Pliant

Answer 15

Adjective; bending readily; easily influnced

Question 16

Pompous

Answer 16

Adjective; overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

Question 17

Precipice

Answer 17

Noun; a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

Question 18

Rectify

Answer 18

Verb; to make right, correct

Question 19

Reprieve

Answer 19

Noun; a temporary relief or delay
Verb; to grant a postponement

Question 20

Revile

Answer 20

Verb; to attack with words, call bad names