Sadlier Connect Level D Unit 4 Definitions

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.

daunt

To overcome with fear or intimidate; to dishearten or discourage.

disentangle

To free from tangles or complications.

fated

Determined in advance by destiny or fortune.

hoodwink

To mislead by a trick or swindle.

inanimate

Not having life, without energy or 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; 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.