| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abscond | to run off and hide |
| access | approach or admittance |
| anarchy | lack of government; confusion |
| arduous | hard to do |
| auspicious | lucky, favorable |
| biased | prejudiced |
| daunt | to intimidate |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications |
| fated | destined; preordained |
| hoodwink | to trick |
| inanimate | nonliving; without energy |
| incinerate | to burn |
| intrepid | brave and fearless |
| larceny | theft |
| pliant | bending readily; easily influenced |
| pompous | arrogant; overly self-important |
| precipice | a very steep cliff; the edge of disaster |
| rectify | to make right or correct |
| reprieve | a temporary delay; postponement |
| revile | to attack with words |
| accomplice | a person who takes part in a crime |
| annihilate | to completely destroy |
| arbitrary | based on ones will or whim |
| brazen | shameless and bold |
| catalyst | an agent that causes change |
| exodus | large-scale departure |
| facilitate | to make easier |
| incorrigible | not able to be corrected |
| latent | not yet realized; under the surface |
| militant | an activist that is given to fighting |
| morose | gloomy, sullen; not sociable |
| opaque | no letting in light |
| paramount | chief in importance, above all others |
| prattle | to talk in an aimless manner; to babble |
| rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts |
| reprimand | to scold; a rebuke |
| servitude | slavery or forced labor |
| slapdash | careless and hasty |
| stagnant | not running or flowing |
| succumb | to give way to superior force; yield |
| atone | to make up for |
| bondage | slavery |
| credible | believable |
| defray | to pay for |
| diligent | hardworking; not lazy |
| doleful | sad; dreary |
| ghastly | frightful; horrible |
| hamper | to hold back |
| hew | to cut down with an ax |
| impoverished | poor, in a state of poverty |
| incessant | never stopping; continuous |
| intricate | complicated; difficult to understand |
| lucid | easy to understand; clear |
| posthumous | happening or published after death |
| prim | overly neat, precise |
| sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking |
| superfluous | exeeding what is sufficient, excess |
| supplant | to take the place of |
| taunt | to jeer or mock |
| tenacious | holding fast; persistent |
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