A | B |
abscond | to run off and hide, bolt, skip town |
access | admittance to places, obtain; entry |
anarchy | a lack of government, confusion; chaos, disorder |
arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort; hard, difficult |
auspicious | favorable; fortunate, promising, encouraging |
daunt | to overcome with fear, intimidate, dismay, discourage |
disentangle | to free from tangles or complications, unwind |
fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune; preordained |
hoodwink | to mislead by a trick, swindle; fool |
inanimate | not having life; without energy or spirit; dead |
incinerate | to burn to ashes; cremate; reduce to ashes |
intrepid | very brave, fearless; unshakable;audacious |
larceny | theft; stealing; robbery |
pliant | bending readily; easily influenced; flexible |
pompous | overly self-important in speech and manner;bombastic |
precipice | a very steep cliff; crag; bluff; ledge |
prototype | an original model on which later versions are patterned; example; sample |
rectify | to make right, correct; set right |
reprieve | a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement; stay; delay |
revile | to attack with words; call bad names; malign; vililfy |