English Vocab - Unit 4

Front 1

Abscond (v.)

Back 1

1) To run off and hide

Front 2

Access (n.)

Back 2

1) Approach or admittance to places, persons, things
2) An increase

Front 3

Access (v.)

Back 3

1) To get, obtain

Front 4

Anarchy (n.)

Back 4

1) Lack of government and law, confusion

Front 5

Arduous (adj.)

Back 5

1) Hard to do, requiring much effort

Front 6

Auspicious (adj.)

Back 6

1) Favorable
2) Fortunate

Front 7

Biased (adj.)

Back 7

1) Favoring one side unduly
2) Prejudiced

Front 8

Daunt (v.)

Back 8

1) To overcome with fear, intimidate
2) To dishearten, discourage

Front 9

Disentangle (v.)

Back 9

1) To free from tangles or complications

Front 10

Fated (adj.)

Back 10

1) Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Front 11

Hoodwink (v.)

Back 11

1) To mislead by a trick

Front 12

Inanimate (adj.)

Back 12

1) Not having life
2) Without energy or spirit

Front 13

Incinerate (v.)

Back 13

1) To burn to ashes

Front 14

Intrepid (adj.)

Back 14

1) Very brave, fearless, unshakable

Front 15

Larceny (n.)

Back 15

1) Theft

Front 16

Pliant (adj.)

Back 16

1) Bending readil, easily influenced

Front 17

Pompous (adj.)

Back 17

1) Overly self-important in speech or manner
2) Excessively stately or ceremonious

Front 18

Precipice (n.)

Back 18

1) A very steep cliff
2) The brink or edge of disaster

Front 19

Rectify (v.)

Back 19

1) To make right, correct

Front 20

Reprieve (n.)

Back 20

1) A temporary relief or delay

Front 21

Reprieve (v.)

Back 21

1) To grant a postponement

Front 22

Revile (v.)

Back 22

1) To attack with words, call bad names