Sadlier-Oxford Level D Unit 4
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McLean School of Maryland 9th Grade, Class of Adcock 2012-2013
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abscond | 1. verb 2. to run off and hide 3. bolt, make off, skip town |
| access | 1. noun verb 2. approach or admittance to places, persons, things;an increase; to get at, obtain 3. entry,admittance, entree 4. total exclusion |
| anarchy | 1. noun 2. a lack of government and law; confusion 3. chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium 4. law and order, peace and quiet |
| arduous | 1. adjective 2. hard to do, requiring much effort 3. hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing 4. easy, simple, effortless |
| auspicious | 1. adjective 2. favorable; fortunate 3. promising, encouraging, propitious 4. ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
| daunt | 1. verb 2. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage 3. dismay, cow 4. encourage, embolden, reassure |
| disentangle | 1. verb 2. to free from tangles or complications 3. unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl 4. tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
| fated | 1. adjective 2. determined in advance by destiny or fortune 3. destined, preordained, doomed 4. accidental, fortuitous, chance,random |
| hoodwink | 1. verb 2. to mislead by a trick, deceive 3. dupe, put one over on 4. undeceive, disabuse, clue in |
| inanimate | 1. adjective 2. not having life;without energy or spirit 3. lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless 4. living, alive, enrgetic, lively, sprightly |
| incinerate | 1. verb 2. to burn to ashes 3. burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
| intrepid | 1. adjective 2. very brave, fearless, unshakable 3. valiant, courageous, audacious, darling 4. timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
| larceny | 1. noun 2. theft 3. stealing, robbery, burglary |
| pliant | 1. adjective 2. bending readily; easily influenced 3. supple, flexible, elastic, plastic 4. rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
| pompous | 1. adjective 2. overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious 3. pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic 4. unpretentious, unaffected, plain |
| precipice | 1. noun 2. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster 3. cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge 4. abyss, chasm, gorge |
| prototype | 1. noun 2. original model on which later ones are patterned |
| rectify | 1. verb 2. make right or correct 3. remedy, set right 4. mess up, botch, bungle |
| reprieve | 1. nound, verb 2. a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement 3. stay, respite: postpone, delay 4. proceed |
| revile | 1. verb 2. to attack with words, call bad names 3. inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce 4. praise, acclaim, reverse, idolize |
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