| abscond | to run off and hide |
| access | approach or admittance to places, persons, things, an increase, to get at, obtain |
| anarchy | a lack of government and law, confusion |
| arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort |
| auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| biased | favoring on side unduly, prejudiced |
| daunt | to overcome with few, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| hoodwink | to mislead by trick, decieve |
| inanimate | not having life, without energy of spirit |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| larceny | theft |
| pliant | bending readily, easily influenced |
| pompous | overly self-important in speech and manner |
| precipice | a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster |
| rectify | to make right, correct |
| reprieve | a temporary relief of delay |
| revile | to attack with words, call bad names |