Unit 4 Level D Vocabulary

Abscond

to run off and hide

Access

(n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain

Anarchy

a lack of government and law; confusion

Arduous

hard to do, requiring much effort

Auspicious

favorable, fortunate

Biased

favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

Daunt

to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

Disentangle

to free of tangles or complications

Fated

determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Hoodwink

to mislead by trick, deceive

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 or manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

Precipice

a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster

Rectify

to make right, correct

Reprieve

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

Revile

to attack with words, call bad names