Unit 4 Vocab

abscond

to run off and hide

access

approach or admittance to places, persons, things' an increase; to get at, obtain

anarchy

a lack of government and law; confusion

arduous

hard to do; requiring much effort

auspicious

favorable; fortunate

biased

favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

daunt

to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

disentangle

to free from tangles or complications

fated

determined in advance by destiny or fortune

hoodwink

to mislead by trick, deceive

inanimate

not having life; without energy or spirit

incinerate

to burn to ashes

intrepid

very brave, fearless, unshakeable

larceny

theft

pliant

bending easily; easily influenced

pompous

overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious