honors vocab unit 4
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16 terms
English | Latin |
|---|---|
 abscond | (v) to run off and hide synonyms: bolt, make off, skip town |
| access | (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, or thing; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain synonyms: (n) entry, admittance, entrée antonyms: (n) total exclusion |
| anarchy | (n) a lack of government and law; confusion synonyms: chaos, turmoil, disorder, pandemonium antonyms: law and order, peace and quiet |
| arduous | (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort synonyms: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing antonyms: easy, simple, effortless |
| auspicious | (adj) favorable; fortune synonyms: promising, encouraging, propitious antonyms: ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
| biased | (adj) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced synonyms: unfair, partial, bigoted antonyms: fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
| daunt | (v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage synonyms: dismay, cow antonyms: encourage, enbolden, reassure |
| fated | (adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune synonyms: destined, preordained, doomed antonyms: accidental, fortuitous, chance, random |
| hoodwink | (v) to mislead by a trick, decieve synonyms: dupe, put one over on antonyms: undecieve, disabuse, clue in |
| intrepid | (adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable synonyms: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring antonyms: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
| larceny | (n) theft synonyms: stealing, robbery, burglary |
| pliant | (adj) bending readily; easily influenced synonyms: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
| pompous | (adj) overly self-important in manner and speech; excessively stately or ceremonious synonyms: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic antonyms: unpretentious, unaffected, plain |
| rectify | (v) to make right, correct synonyms: remedy, set right antonyms: mess up, botch, bungle |
| reprieve | (n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement synonyms: (n) stay, respite; (v) postpone, delay antonyms: (v) proceed |
| revile | (v) to attack with words, to call bad names synonyms: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce antonyms: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize |
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