Vocab-Unit 4

Question 0

Access

Answer 0

Approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

To run off and hide

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

Biased

Answer 5

Favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

Question 6

Daunt

Answer 6

To overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

Question 7

Disentangle

Answer 7

To free from tangles or complications

Question 8

Fated

Answer 8

Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Question 9

Hoodwink

Answer 9

To mislead by a trick, deceive

Question 10

Inanimate

Answer 10

Not having life; without energy or spirit

Question 11

Incinerate

Answer 11

To burn to ashes

Question 12

Intrepid

Answer 12

Very brave, fearless, unshakable

Question 13

Larceny

Answer 13

Theft

Question 14

Pliant

Answer 14

Bending readily; easily influenced

Question 15

Pompous

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Precipice

Answer 16

A very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

Question 17

Rectify

Answer 17

To make right, correct

Question 18

Reprieve

Answer 18

A temporary relief or delay

Question 19

Revile

Answer 19

To attack with words, call bad names