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abscond
(v)to run off and hide

SYN: bolt, make off, skip town
need abs to do this
access
(n)approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase
(v)to get at, obtain

SYN:(n)entry, admittance, entree
ANT:(n)total exclusion
anarchy
(n)a lack of government and law; confusion

SYN:chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium
ANT:law and order, peace and quiet
arduous
(adj)hard to do, requiring much effort

SYN:hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
ANT.easy, simple, effortless
auspicious
(adj)favorable, fortunate

SYN:promising, encouraging, propitious
ANT:fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just
biased
(adj)favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

SYN:unfair, partial, bogoted
ANT:fair impartial, unprejudiced just
daunt
(v)to overcome with fear, intimidate;to dishearten, discourage

SYN: dismay, cow
ANT:encourage, embolden, reassure
disentangle
(v)to free from tangles or complications

SYN:unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl
ANT:tangle up, ensnarl, snag
fated
(adj)determined in advance by destiny or fortune

SYN:destined, preordained, doomed
ANT:accidental, fortuitous, chance, random
hoodwink
(v)to mislead by a trick, deceive

SYN:dupe, put one over on
ANT:undeceive, disabuse, clue in
ianimate
(adj)not having life; without energy or spirit

SYN:lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless
ANT:living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly
incinerate
(v)to burn to ashes

SYN:burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes
intrepid
(adj)very brave, fearless, unshakable

SYN:valiant, courageous, audacious, daring
ANT:timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous
larceny
(n)theft

SYN:stealing, robbery, burglary
pliant
(adj)bending readily;easily influenced

SYN:supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
ANT:rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone
pompous
(adj)overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceramonious
precipice
(n)a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

SYN:pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic
ANT:unpretentious, unaffected, plain
reactify
(v)to make right, correct

SYN:remedy, set right
ANT:abyss, chasm, gorge
reprieve
(n)a temporary relief or delay
(v)to grant a postponement

SYN:(n)stay, respite
(v)postpone, delay
ANT:(v)proceed
revile
(v)to attack with words, call bad names

SYN:inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce
ANT:praise, acclaim, revere, idolize