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Vocab Unit 4 Level D
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level D
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| abscond | (v) to run off and hide (syn) bolt, make off, skip town |
| access | (n) approach or admittance to places, person, things,: an increase; (v) to get at, obtain (syn) (n) entry, admittance, entrée (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) ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
| biased | (adj) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced (syn) unfair, partial, bigoted,(ant) fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
| daunt | (v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage (syn) dismay, cow (ant)encourage, embolden, ressure |
| 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 |
| inanimate | (adj) no 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 and ceremonious (syn) pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic (ant)unpretentious, unaffected,plain |
| precipice | (n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster (syn) cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge (ant) abyss, chasm, gorge |
| recitfy | (v) to make right, correct (syn) remedy, set right (ant) mess up, botch, bungle |
| 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 |
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7th & 8th Grade English instructor |
Bethel Lutheran |
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