unit 4 freshman vocab

abscond

(v)to run off and hide

access

(N)approach or admittance to places, persons things; an increase. (V) to get at, obtain

anarchy

(n) lack of government and law; confusion

arduous

(adj) hard to do, requiring much effort

auspicious

(adj) favorable; Fortune

daunt

(v) to overcome with fear, intimidate: to dishearten, discouraged

desantangle

(v) to free from Tangles or complications

fated

(adj) determine an advance by Destiny or Fortune

hoodwink

(v) to mislead by trick, swindle

inanimate

(adj) not having life; without energy or spirit

incinerate

(v) to burn to ashes

intrepid

(adj) very brave, Fearless, unshakeable

larceny 

(n) thief

piiant

(adj) bending readily; easily influenced

pompous

(adj) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious. 

precipice

(n) a very steep cliff; the brink of Edge or disaster

prototype

(n) an original model on which later versions are patterned

rectify

(v) to make right, correct

reprieve

(n) a temporarily relief or delay (v) to Grant a postponement

revile

(v) to attack with words, call bad names