Unit 4

Question 1

access

Answer 1

approach or admittance to places, persons, things

an increase

to get at; obtain

Question 2

anarchy

Answer 2

a lack of government and law

confusion

Question 3

arduous

Answer 3

hard to do, requiring much effort

Question 4

auspicious

Answer 4

favorable

fortunate

Question 5

daunt

Answer 5

to overcome with fear, intimidate

to dishearten, discourage

Question 6

disentangle

Answer 6

to free from tangles or complecations

Question 7

fated

Answer 7

determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Question 8

hoodwink

Answer 8

to mislead by a trick, swindle

Question 9

inanimate

Answer 9

not having life

without energy or spirit

Question 10

incinerate

Answer 10

to burn to ashes

Question 11

intrepid

Answer 11

very brave, fearless, unshakable

Question 12

larceny

Answer 12

theft

Question 13

pliant

Answer 13

bending readily

easily influenced

Question 14

pompous

Answer 14

overly self important in speech and manner

excessively stately or ceremonious

Question 15

precipice

Answer 15

a very steep cliff

the brink or edge of disaster

Question 16

prototype

Answer 16

an original model on which later versions are patterned

Question 17

rectify

Answer 17

to make right, correct

Question 18

reprieve

Answer 18

a temporary relief or delay

to grant a postponement

Question 19

revile

Answer 19

to attack with words, call bad names

Question 20

abscond

Answer 20

to run off and hide