| 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. 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 and 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 |
