| A | B |
|---|
| abscond | to run off and hide |
| access | admittance into places; to get at or obtain |
| anarchy | lack of government or law |
| arduous | difficult, hard to do, requiring a lot of effort |
| auspicious | favorable, promising, encouraging; fortunate |
| biased | favoring one side, unfair; prejudiced |
| daunt | to overcome with fear, to intimidate; to discourage |
| disentangle | free from tangles or complications |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| hoodwink | to mislead, to trick |
| inanimate | not having life; lifeless, spiritless |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, courageous |
| larceny | theft, stealing, robbery |
| pliant | flexible, bending readily; easily influenced |
| pompous | overly self-important in speech or manner; excessively stately |
| precipice | a very steep cliff; the brink of disaster |
| rectify | to make right, to correct |
| reprieve | temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement |
| revile | to attack with words; to call bad names |
