Vocabulary Workshop Unit 4

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) a lack of government and law; confusion

arduous

(adj) hard to do, requiring much effort

auspicious

(adj) favorable; fortunate

daunt

(v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

disentangle

(v) to free from tangles or complications

fated

(adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune

hoodwink

(v) to mislead by a trick, swindle

inanimate

(adj) not having life; without energy or spirit

incinerate

(v) to burn to ashes

intrepid

(adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable

larceny

(n) theft

pliant

(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 or edge of disaster

prototype

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

rectify

(v) to make right, correct

reprieve

(n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement

revile

(v) to attack with words, call bad names