English 1 Honors Vocab Workshop Level D

Unit 1 (pg. 58) and Unit 2 (pg. 62)

anarchy

a lack of government and law; confusion

auspicious

favorable; fortunate

daunt

to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

hoodwink

to mislead by a trick, swindle

inanimate

not having life; without energy or spirit

incinerate

to burn to ashes

larceny

theft

pliant

bending readily; easily influenced

abscond

to run off and hide

access

approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; to get at, obtain

arduous

hard to do, requiring much effort

disentangle

to free from tangles or complications

fated

determined in advance by destiny or fortune

intrepid

very brave, fearless, unshakable

pompous

overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

precipice

a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of a disaster