Vocabulary Level D Unit 4 Flashcards
Access
Noun
Approach or admittance to places, persons, things, an increase
Verb
To get at, obtain
Abscond
Verb
To run off and hide
Anarchy
Noun
A lack of government and law, confusion
Arduous
Adj.
Hard to do, requiring much effort
Auspicious
Adj.
Favorable, fortunate
Daunt
Verb
To overcome fear, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage
Disentangle
Verb
To free from tangles or complications
Fated
Adj.
Determined in advance by destiny or fortune
Hoodwink
Verb
To mislead by a trick, swindle
Inanimate
Adj.
not having life
without energy or spirit
Incinerate
Verb
Burn to ashes
Intrepid
Adj.
Very brave, fearless, unshakeable
Larceny
Noun
Theft
Pliant
Adj.
Bending readily
Easily influenced
Pompous
Adj.
Overly self-important in speech and manner
Excessively, stately, ceremonious
Precipice
Noun
A very steep cliff
Brink of the edge of disaster
Prototype
Noun
An original model on which later versions are patterned
Rectify
Verb
To make it right, correct
Reprieve
Noun
Temporary relief or delay
Verb
To grant a postponement
Revile
Verb
To attack with words
Call bad names