Unit 4: Definitions

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

To run off and hide

Question 2

Access

Answer 2

Approach of admittance to places, persons, things; an increase
To get at, obtain

Question 3

Anarchy

Answer 3

A lack of government and law; confusion

Question 4

Arduous

Answer 4

Hard to do, requiring much effort

Question 5

Auspicious

Answer 5

Favorable; fortunate

Question 6

Biased

Answer 6

favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

Question 7

Daunt

Answer 7

To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

Question 8

Disentangle

Answer 8

To free from tangles or complications

Question 9

Fated

Answer 9

Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Question 10

Hoodwink

Answer 10

To mislead by a trick, decieve

Question 11

Inanimate

Answer 11

Not having life; without energy or spirit

Question 12

Incinerate

Answer 12

To burn to ashes

Question 13

Intrepid

Answer 13

Very brave, fearless, unshakeable

Question 14

Larceny

Answer 14

Theft

Question 15

Pilant

Answer 15

Bending readily; easily influenced

Question 16

Pompous

Answer 16

Overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or cermonious

Question 17

Precipice

Answer 17

A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

Question 18

Rectify

Answer 18

To make right, correct

Question 19

Reprieve

Answer 19

A temporary relief or delay

To grant a postponement

Question 20

Revile

Answer 20

To attack with words, call bad names