Vocabulary Unit 4

English 9 Unit 4-1 Vocab MooreCHS.

abscond

To run off and hide

Access

To approach or admittance into 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, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

Disentangle

To free from tangles/complications

Fated

Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Hoodwink

To mislead by a trick, 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

Revile

To attack with words, call bad names