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