English Level D - Units 4-6

Front 1

abscond

Back 1

to run off and hide, bolt, make off, skip town

Front 2

access

Back 2

approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase, to get at, obtain, entry, entree

ant: total exclusion

Front 3

anarchy

Back 3

lack of government and law, confusion, chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium

ant: law & order, peace & quiet

Front 4

arduous

Back 4

hard to do, requiring much effort, hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing

ant: easy, simple, effortless

Front 5

auspicious

Back 5

favorable, fortunate, promising, encouraging, propitious

ant: ill-omened, ominous, sinister

Front 6

biased

Back 6

favoring one side, prejudiced, unfair, partial, bigoted

ant: fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just

Front 7

daunt

Back 7

to overcome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage, dismay, cow

ant: encourage, embolden, reassure

Front 8

disentangle

Back 8

to free from tangles or complications, unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl

ant: tangle up, ensnarl, snag

Front 9

fated

Back 9

determined in advance by destiny or fortune, destined, preordained, doomed

ant: accidental, fortuitous, chance, random

Front 10

hoodwink

Back 10

to mislead by a trick, decieve, dupe, put one over on

ant: undecieve, disabuse, clue in

Front 11

inanimate

Back 11

not having life, without energy or spirit, lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless

ant: living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly

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incinerate

Back 12

to burn to ashes, burn up cremate, reduce to ashes

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intrepid

Back 13

very brace, fearless, unshakeable, valiant, courageous, audacious, daring

ant: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous

Front 14

larceny

Back 14

theft, stealing, robbery, burgarly

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pliant

Back 15

bending readily, easily influenced, supple, flexible, elastic, plastic

ant: rigid, stiff inflexible, set in stone

Front 16

pompous

Back 16

overly self important in speech and manner, excessively stately or ceremonious, pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic

ant: unpretentious, unaffected, plain

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precipice

Back 17

a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster, cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge

ant: abyss, chasm, gorge

Front 18

rectify

Back 18

to make right, correct, remedy, set right

ant: mess up, botch, bungle

Front 19

reprieve

Back 19

a temporary relief or delay, stay, respite; to grant a postponement, postpone, delay

ant: proceed

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revile

Back 20

to attack with words, call bad names, inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce

ant: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize

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accomplice

Back 21

a person who takes part in a crime, partner in crime, confederate

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annihilate

Back 22

to destroy completely, obliterate, decimate, demolish

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arbitrary

Back 23

unreasonable, based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness, capricious, high-handed, autocratic

ant: reasoned, rational, objective, equitable

Front 24

brazen

Back 24

shameless, impudent, made of brass, saucy, bold

ant: deferential, respectful, self-effacing

Front 25

catalyst

Back 25

a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction, any agent that causes change, stimulus, spur, instigator

Front 26

exodus

Back 26

a large-scale departure, or flight, emigration, escape, hegira

ant: immigration, influx, arrival, entrance

Front 27

facilitate

Back 27

to make easier, assist, ease, smooth the way, simplify

ant: hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede

Front 28

incorrigible

Back 28

not able to be corrected, beyond control, unruly, intractable,incurable, inveterate

ant: tractable, docile, curable, reparable

Front 29

latent

Back 29

hidden, present but not realized, dormant, inactive, undeveloped

ant: exposed, manifest, evident

Front 30

militant

Back 30

given to fighting, active and aggressive in support of a cause, an activist, truculent

ant: unassertive, peaceable, passive

Front 31

morose

Back 31

having a gloomy or sullen manner, not friendly or sociable, morbid, doleful

ant: cheerful, blithe, jaunty, buoyant

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opaque

Back 32

not letting light through, not clear or lucid, dense, stupid, hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky, dull, obtuse

ant: transparent, clear, bright, perceptive

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paramount

Back 33

above all others, chief in importance, supreme, foremost, primary, dominant

ant: secondary, subordinate, ancillary

Front 34

prattle

Back 34

to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple ways, to babble, chatter; baby talk, babble, twaddle, gibberish, piffle

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rebut

Back 35

to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion, to refute, to disprove, confute, shoot holes in

ant: confirm, corroborate, substantiate

Front 36

reprimand

Back 36

to scold, find fault with, prove, reproach; a rebuke, reproof

ant: praise, pat on the back

Front 37

servitude

Back 37

slavery, forced labor, captivity, bondage, thralldom

ant: freedom, liberty

Front 38

slapdash

Back 38

careless and hasty, cursory, perfunctory, sloppy, slipshod

ant: painstaking, meticulous, thorough, in-depth

Front 39

stagnant

Back 39

not running or flowing, foul from standing still, inactive, sluggish, dull, still, motionless, inert, fetid

ant: flowing, running, fresh, sweet

Front 40

succumb

Back 40

to give way to superior force, yield, submit, die, expire

any: overcome, master, conquer

Front 41

atone

Back 41

to make up for, expiate, make amends for

Front 42

bondage

Back 42

slavery, any state of being bound or held down, servitude, captivity, subjection, dependence

ant: freedom, liberty, independence

Front 43

credible

Back 43

believable, plausible, acceptable, likely

ant: unbelievable, implausible, improbably

Front 44

defray

Back 44

to pay for, settle, bear the cost, foot the bill

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diligent

Back 45

hardworking, industrious, not lazy, assiduous, sedulous

ant: lazy, indolent, cursory, perfunctory

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doleful

Back 46

sad, dreary, sorrowful, mournful, melancholy, dolorous

ant: cheerful, blithe, jaunty, buoyant

Front 47

ghastly

Back 47

frightful, horrible, deathly pale, dreadful, appalling, gruesome, grisly

ant: pleasant, agreeable, attractive, delightful

Front 48

hamper

Back 48

to hold back, hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit

ant: facilitate, ease, smooth the way

Front 49

hew

Back 49

to shape or cute down with an ax, to hold to, chop, hack, fell, adhere, conform

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impoverished

Back 50

poor, in a state of poverty, depleted, poverty-stricken, destitute, indigent

ant: rich, wealthy, affluent, prosperous

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incessant

Back 51

never stopping, going on all the time, ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted

ant: occasional, sporadic, intermittent

Front 52

intricate

Back 52

complicated, difficult to understand, complex, convoluted

ant: simple, uninvolved, uncomplicated

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lucid

Back 53

easy to understand, clear, rational, sane, limpid, intelligible

ant: murky, muddy, obscure, unintelligible

Front 54

posthumous

Back 54

occurring or publishing after death, postmortem

ant: prenatal

Front 55

prim

Back 55

overly neat, precise, proper, formal, prudish, fussy, fastidious, squeamish

ant: dowdy, frumpy, sloppy, untidy, loose, lax

Front 56

sardonic

Back 56

grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic,caustic, mordant, acerbic, wry

ant: bland, mild, saccharine, good-natured

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superfluous

Back 57

excessing what is sufficient or requited, excess, surplus, supererogatory

ant: necessary, essential, vital, indispensable

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supplant

Back 58

to take the place of, supersede, replace, displaces, oust

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taunt

Back 59

to jeer at, mock, ridicule, deride

ant: cheer, applaud, acclaim

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tenacious

Back 60

holding fast, holding firmly together, persistent, obstinate, stubborn, dogged

ant: yielding, weak, gentle, lac, slack