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vocab unit 4 and 5
unit 4-6 review unit
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English
7th Grade
11/25/2007

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Term

Abscond

Definition

to run off and hide, skip town

v.

 

Term

Access

Definition

n.approach or admittnace to places

v.to get at

ant. total exclusion

 

Term
Anarchy
Definition

n. lack of goverment and law

chaos

ant. law and order

Term
Ardous
Definition

adj.hard to do

difficult, laborious

ant. easy

Term
Auspicious
Definition

adj. favorable; fortunate

ant. ill-omened

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Biased
Definition

adj. favoring one side unduly, prejudiced

ant. impartial

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Daunt
Definition

v. to overcome with fear, intimidate

ant. encourage

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Disentangle
Definition

v. to free from tangles or complications

ant. tangle-up

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Fated
Definition

adj. determine in advance by destiny

ant. accidental

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Hoodwink

Definition

v. to mislead by a trick

ant. clue in

Term
Inanimate
Definition

adj. not having life

ant. living

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Incinerate
Definition

v. to burn to ashes

 

Term

Intrepid

Definition

adj. very brave

ant. cowardly, timid

Term

larceny

Definition

n. theft

 

Term
Pliant
Definition

adj. bending readily

ant. rigid, stiff

Term
Pompous
Definition

adj. pretentious, overly self-important

ant. plain

Term
Precipice
Definition

n. a steep cliff

ant. chasm, gorge

Term

Rectify

Definition

v. to make right

ant. mess up

Term
Reprieve
Definition

n. temporary delay

v. to grant postponement

ant, v. proceed

Term
Revile
Definition

v. to atteck with words

ant. praise, revere

Term
Accomplice
Definition

n. a person who takes part in a crime

 

Term
Annihilate
Definition

v. to destroy completely

ant. promote

Term
Arbitrary
Definition

adj. based on ones whims without regard for fairness

ant.objective

 

Term
Brazen
Definition

adj. shameless or made of brass

ant. respectful

Term
Catalyst
Definition

n. an agent that causes change

 

Term

Exodus

Definition

n. a large scale departure

ant. arrival

Term
Facilitate
Definition

v. to make easier

ant. hamper, hinder, obstruct

Term
Incorrigible
Definition

adj. not able to be corrected

ant. curable

Term
latent
Definition

adj.  hidden, present but not realized

ant.  exposed

Term
militant
Definition

adj.  given to fighting

n.  activist

ant.  peaceable

Term

morose

Definition

adj.  having a gloomy or sullen manner

ant.  cheerful

Term
opaque
Definition

adj.  not letting light through

ant.  clear, bright

Term
paramount
Definition

adj.  chief in importance

ant.  secondary

Term
prattle
Definition

v.  to talk in an aimless way

n. baby talk

 

Term
rebut
Definition

v.  to offer arguments

ant.  comfirm

Term
reprimand
Definition

v.  to scold, to find fault with

n.  a rebuke

ant.  praise

Term
servitude
Definition

n.  slavery

ant. freedom

Term
slapdash
Definition

adj. careless

ant. painstaking

Term
stagnant
Definition

adj.  not running or flowing

ant. flowing

Term
succumb
Definition

v.  to give way to superior force, yield

ant.  overcome

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