LA 3 vocab unit 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abscond | to run off and hide syn: bolt |
| access | (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain syn: entry |
| anarchy | a lack of government and law; confusion syn:chaos |
| arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort syn: difficult |
| auspicious | favorable; fortunate syn: promising |
| biased | favoring one side unduly; prejudiced syn: unfair |
| daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage syn: fearful |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications syn: unwind |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune syn: doomed |
| hoodwink | to mislead by a trick, deceive syn: dupe |
| inanimate | not having life; without energy or spirit syn: lifeless |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes syn: cremate |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable syn: valiant |
| larceny | theft syn: stealing |
| pliant | bending readily; easily influenced syn: flexible |
| pompous | overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious syn: pretentious |
| precipice | a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster syn: cliff |
| rectify | to make right, correct syn: set right |
| reprieve | a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement syn: postpone |
| revile | to attack with words, call bad names syn: attack |
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