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vocab Unit 4 D G
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 4 Definitions 9th grade Level D
Question | Answer |
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Abscond | v. to run off and hide |
Access | n. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; v. to get at, obtain |
Anarchy | n. a lack of government and law; confusion |
Arduous | adj. hard to do, requiring much effort |
Auspicious | adj. favorable, fortunate |
Biased | adj. favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
Daunt | v. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
Disentangle | to free from tangles or complications |
Fated | adj. determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
Hoodwink | v. to mislead by a trick, deceive |
Inanimate | adj. not having life; without energy or spirit |
Incinerate | v. to burn to ashes |
Intrepid | adj. very brave, fearless, unshakable |
Larceny | n. theft |
Pliant | adj. bending readily; easily influenced |
Pompous | adj. overly self important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
Precipice | n. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
Rectify | v. to make right, correct |
Reprieve | n. a temporary relief or delay; v. to grant a postponement |
Revile | v. to attack with words, call bad names |