SAT Unit 4
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Raphagalarza_2 on March 29, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abscond | to depart in a sudden and secret way, especially to avoid capture and legal consequences |
| access | (verb) to gain access to something; to be able to use, enter, or get near something: (noun) permission, liberty, or ability to enter/pass to and from a place |
| anarchy | absence of government; a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of government or authority |
| arduous | hard/difficult to accomplish or achieve |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely |
| biased | exhibiting or showing bias (bias means partiality or belief in one way - typically unfair) |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of something or someone |
| disentangle | to free from entanglement (the state of being mixed up or involved) |
| fated | controlled; marked by fate |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance |
| inanimate | not possessing life or spirit |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | characterized by extreme fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| larceny | the illegal taking of the personal property of another person with the intention of converting them to the taker's use |
| pliant | yielding (yielding means to 'surrender' or 'give up') under influence |
| pompous | having or exhibiting self-importance |
| precipice | face or brink of a rock or mountain |
| rectify | to correct by removing errors |
| reprieve | a cancellation or postponement of a punishment |
| revile | to verbally abuse someone |
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