Unit 4 Flashcards by Sara Dudek | Brainscape

Flashcards in Unit 4 Deck (20)

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1

access

approach or admittance to places, persons, things

an increase

to get at; obtain

2

anarchy

a lack of government and law

confusion

3

arduous

hard to do, requiring much effort

4

auspicious

favorable

fortunate

5

daunt

to overcome with fear, intimidate

to dishearten, discourage

6

disentangle

to free from tangles or complecations

7

fated

determined in advance by destiny or fortune

8

hoodwink

to mislead by a trick, swindle

9

inanimate

not having life

without energy or spirit

10

incinerate

to burn to ashes

11

intrepid

very brave, fearless, unshakable

12

larceny

theft

13

pliant

bending readily

easily influenced

14

pompous

overly self important in speech and manner

excessively stately or ceremonious

15

precipice

a very steep cliff

the brink or edge of disaster

16

prototype

an original model on which later versions are patterned

17

rectify

to make right, correct

18

reprieve

a temporary relief or delay

to grant a postponement

19

revile

to attack with words, call bad names

20

abscond

to run off and hide

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