Unt 4 Flashcards

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To run off and hide
S: bolt

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Abscond (v)

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approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase
S:entry

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Access (n)

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To get at, obtain

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Access (v)

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4
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A lack of government and law, confusion

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Anarchy (n)

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Hard to do, requiring much effort

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Arduous (adj)

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Favorable; fortunate

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Auspicious (adj)

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Favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

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Biased (adj)

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To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

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Daunt (v)

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9
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To free from tangles or complications

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Disentangle (v)

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10
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Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

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Fated (adj)

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To mislead by a trick, deceive

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Hoodwink (v)

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12
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Not having life, without energy or spirit

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Inanimate (adj)

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13
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To burn to ashes

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Incinerate (v)

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Very brave, fearless, unshakable

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Intrepid (adj)

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15
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Theft

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Larceny (n)

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16
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Bending readily; easily influenced

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Pliant (adj)

17
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Overly self important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

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Pompous (adj)

18
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A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of a disaster

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Precipice (n)

19
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To make right, correct

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Rectify (v)

20
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A temporary relief or delay

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Reprieve (n)

21
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To grant a postponement

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Reprieve (v)

22
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To attack with words, call bad names

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Revile (v)