| A | B |
|---|
| abscond | (v.) to run off and hide |
| access | (n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things. (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, unshakeable |
| 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 |
