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greenhornet on October 18, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abscond | (v) to run off and hide S- bolt, make off, skip town |
| access | (n) to approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase, (v) to get at, obtain S- entry, admittance, entree |
| anarchy | (n) a lack of government and law; confusion S- chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium |
| arduous | (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort S- hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing |
| auspicious | (adj) favorable; fortunate S-promising, encouraging, propitious |
| biased | (adj) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced S- unfair, partial, bigoted |
| daunt | (v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage S- dismay, cow |
| disentangle | (v) to free from tangles or complications S- unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl |
| fated | (adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune S- destined preordained, dommed |
| hoodwink | (v) to mislead by a trick, deceive S-dupe, put one over on |
| inanimate | (adj) not having life; without energy or spirit S- lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless |
| incinerate | (v) to burn to ashes S- burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
| intrepid | (adj) very brave, fearless, unshakeable S- valiant, courageous, audacious, daring |
| Larceny | (n) theft S- stealing, robbery, burglary |
| pliant | (adj) bending readily; easily influenced S- supple, flexible, elastic, plastic |
| pompous | (adj) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious S- pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic |
| precipice | (n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster S- cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge |
| rectify | (v) to make right, correct S- remedy, set right |
| reprive | (n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement S- (n) stgay, respite; (v) postpone, delay |
| revile | (v) to attack with words, call bad names S- inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce |
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