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