Vocabulary Workshop - Level D - Unit 4
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Terms | Definitions |
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 abscond | (v.) to run off and hide - SYNONYMS: bolt, make off, skip town |
| biased | (adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced - SYNONYMS: unfair, partial, bigoted - ANTONYMS: fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
| inanimate | (adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit - SYNONYMS: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless - ANTONYMS: living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly |
| pompous | (adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious - SYNONYMS: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic - ANTONYMS: unpretentious, unaffected, plain |
| access | (n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) to get at, obtain - SYNONYMS: (n.) entry, admittance, entrée - ANTONYM: (n.) total exclusion |
| daunt | (v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage - SYNONYMS: dismay, cow - ANTONYMS: encourage, embolden, reassure |
| incinerate | (v.) to burn to ash - SYNONYMS: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
| precipice | (n.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster - SYNONYMS: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge - ANTONYMS: abyss, chasm, gorge |
| anarchy | (n.) a lack of government and law; confusion - SYNONYMS: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium - ANTONUMS: law and order, peace and quiet |
| disentangle | (v.) to free from tangles or complications - SYNONYMS: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl - ANTONYMS: tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
| intrepid | (adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable - SYNONYMS: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring - ANTONYMS: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
| rectify | (v.) to make right, correct - SYNONYMS: remedy, set right - ANTONYMS: mess up, botch, bungle |
| arduous | (adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort - SYNONYMS: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing - ANTONYMS: easy, simple, effortless |
| fated | (adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune - SYNONYMS: destined, preordained, doomed - ANTONYMS: accidental, fortuitous, chance, random |
| larceny | (n.) theft - SYNONYMS: stealing, robbery, burglary |
| reprieve | (n.) a temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant a postponement - SYNONYMS: (n.) stay, respite; (v.) postpone, delay - ANTONYM: (v.) proceed |
| auspicious | (adj.) favorable; fortunate - SYNONYMS: promising, encouraging, propitious - ANTONYMS: ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
| hoodwink | (v.) to mislead by a trick; deceive - SYNONYMS: dupe, put one over on - ANTONYMS: undeceive, disabuse, clue in |
| pliant | (adj.) bending readily; easily influenced - SYNONYMS: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic - ANTONYMS: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
| revile | (v.) to attack with words, call bad names - SYNONYMS: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce - ANTONYMS: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize |
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