| A | B |
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| abscond | v. to run off and hide: bolt, make off, skip town |
| access | n. approach or admittance to places, persons, or things an increase. V. to get at obtain. s: n. entry, ingress. a: total exlusion |
| anarchy | a lack of government and law; confusion. s: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium. a: law and order, peace and quiet |
| arduous | adj. hard to do, requiring much effort. |
| auspicious | adj. favorable: fortunate, s: promising, encouraging, propitous. a: ill omened, sinister |
| daunt | v. to overcome with fear, intimidate |
| disentangle | v. to free from tangles or complications |
| fated | adj. determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| hoodwink | v. to mislead by a trick, swindle |
| pompous | adj. overly self important in speech and manner |
| precipice | n. a very steep cliff: the brink or edge of disaster |
| prototype | n. an original model on which later versions are patterened |
| rectify | v. to make right, correct |
| reprieve | n. a temporary relief or delay |
| 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 |
| reprieve | v. to grant a postponement |
| revile | v. to attack with words, call bad names |
