| Term | Definition |
| Abscond | to run off and hide |
| Access | (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain |
| Anarchy | a lack of government and law; confusion |
| Arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort |
| Auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| Biased | favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
| Daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
| Disentangle | to free of tangles or complications |
| Fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| Hoodwink | to mislead by trick, deceive |
| Inanimate | not having life; without energy or spirit |
| Incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| Intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| Larceny | theft |
| Pliant | bending readily; easily influenced |
| Pompous | overly self-important in speech or manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| Precipice | a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster |
| Rectify | to make right, correct |
| Reprieve | (n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement |
| Revile | to attack with words, call bad names |