Vocab 8 - Unit 4 Flashcards

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Abscond

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V
To run and hide
To make off

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Access

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NV
Admittance to places, people, or things
To get at, to obtain

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Anarchy

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N
A lack of government and law
Confusion

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4
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Arduous

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A
Hard to do
Laborious

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Auspicious

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A
Favorable
Promising

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Biased

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A

Prejudiced

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7
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Daunt

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V
To intimidate
To discourage

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8
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Disentangle

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V

To free from tangles or complications

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9
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Fated

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A

Destined to occur

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10
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Hoodwink

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V

To deceive

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11
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Inanimate

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A
Not alive
Dead
Inert

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12
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Incinerate

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V

To burn up

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13
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Intrepid

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A
Very brave
Fearless

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14
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Larceny

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N

Theft

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15
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Pliant

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Flexible
Bending easily

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Pompous

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A

Self-important

17
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Precipice

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N
A steep cliff
Brink (or edge) of disaster

18
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Rectify

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V
To make right
Correct

19
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Reprieve

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NV
A temporary relief or postponement
To grant a postponement

20
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Revile

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V
To call bad names
To attack with words