| A | B |
|---|
| 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 | (v) 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 or 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 |
