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English 9 Vocab U 4
English 9 Vocab Unit 4
Question | Answer |
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abscond | (v) to run off and hide SYNONYMS: bolt, make-off, skip town |
access | (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase (v) to get at, obtain SYNONYMS: (n) entry, admittance, entree |
anarchy | (n) a lack of government and law, confusion SYNONYMS: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium |
arduous | (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort SYNONYMS: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing |
auspicious | (adj) favorable, fortunate SYNONYMS: promising, encouraging, propitious |
biased | (adj) favoring one side unduly, prejudiced SYNONYMS: unfair, partial, bigoted |
daunt | (v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; dishearten, discourage SYNONYMS: dismay, cow |
disentangle | (v) to free from tangles or complications SYNONYMS: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl |
fated | (adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune SYNONYMS: destined, preordained, doomed |
hoodwink | (v) to mislead by a trick, deceive SYNONYMS: dupe, put one over on |
inanimate | (adj) not having life; without energy or spirit SYNONYMS: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless |
incinerate | (v) to burn to ashes SYNONYMS: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
intrepid | (adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable SYNONYMS: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring |
larceny | (n) theft SYNONYMS: stealing, robbery, burglary |
pliant | (adj) bending readily; easily influenced SYNONYMS: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic |
pompous | (adj) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious SYNONYMS: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic |
precipice | (n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster SYNONYMS: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge |
rectify | (v) to make right, correct SYNONYMS: remedy, set right |
reprieve | (n) a temporary relief or delay (v) to grant a postponement SYNONYMS: (n) stay, respite; (v) postpone, delay |
revile | (v) to attack with words, call bad names SYNONYMS: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce |