VW unit 4 IN MY WORDS
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isthisnotthetree on January 14, 2008
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abscond | sounds like BOND-you BOND with someone to hide |
| access | I'm suprised you don't know this-access denied |
| anarchy | lack of government-confusion~opposite of monarchy |
| arduous | hard to do-sounds like LABOROUS |
| auspicious | favorable; fortunate-sounds like AWESOME |
| biased | favoring one side-i'm supriesed you don't know this |
| daunt | overcome with fear; intimidate; discourage-sounds like DON'T do it |
| disentangle | no more tangles-(johnson's&johnson's) |
| fated | this is such an easy word-think...MERLIN |
| hoodwink | to mislead by a trick-tricking you into thinking something |
| inanimate | no animation-again~another easy word |
| incinerate | to burn to ahes-sounds like CREMATE |
| intrepid | very brave-sounds like (you're brave if you) TRIP off a clif |
| larceny | theft-sounds like LOCK youre cars to prevent it |
| pliant | bending readily; easily influenced-think of PLIARS |
| pompous | overly self-important-sounds think of Pompeii and the importance it tells us about the past |
| precipice | steep cliff-don't STEP on a cliff |
| rectify | sounds like CORRECT-to correct |
| reprive | temporary relif or delay-sounds like RETRIET |
| revile | call bad names-NEVILLE in HP was probably called bad names |
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