P6 Vocab Unit 4

ABSCOND

To run off and hide

ACCESS

Admittance to places or persons things; an increase or To get at

ANARCHY

A lack of government and law; confusion

ARDUOUS

Hard to do or requiring much effort

AUSPICIOUS

Favorable; fortunate

DAUNT

To overcome with fear intimidate; to dishearten or discourage

DISENTANGLE

To free from tangles or complications

FATED

be destined to happen or turn out or act in a particular way

HOODWINK

To mislead by a trick or swindle

INANIMATE

Not having life; without energy or spirit

INCINERATE

To burn to ashes

INTREPID

Very brave or fearless or unshakable

LARCENY

Theft

PLIANT

Bending readily; easily influenced

POMPOUS

Overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

PRECIPICE

A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

PROTOTYPE

An original model on which later versions are patterned

RECTIFY

To make right; correct

REPRIEVE

A temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement

REVILE

To attack with words; call bad names