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Vocab Unit 4
Study Vocab Unit 4 FromSadlier Oxford
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English
9th Grade
02/27/2014

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Abscond
Definition
v.) To run off and hide
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Access
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n.) Approach or amittance to places, persons, things; an increase:

v.) to get, obtain

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Anarchy
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n.) a lack of government and law; confusion
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Arduous
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adj.) Hard to do, requiring much effort
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auspicious
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adj.) favorable; fortunate
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Biased
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adj.) Favoring on side unduly; prejudiced
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daunt
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v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to disenharten, discourage
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Disentangle
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v.) to free from tangles or compications
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fated
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adj.) determine in advance by destiny or fortune
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Hoodwink
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v.) to mislead by a trick, deceive
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inanimate
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adj.) Not having any; without energy or spirit
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Intrepid
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adj.) very brave;  fearless
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Incinerate
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v.) To burn to ashes
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Larceny
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n.) Theft
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Pliant
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adj.) bending readily; easlily influenced
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Pompous
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adj.) Overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively statley or ceremoninous
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Precipice
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n.) very steep cliff; the edge or brink of disaster
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rectify
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v.) to make right, to correct
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Reprieve
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n.) Temporary relief of delay

v.) to grant postponement

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revile
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v.) to attack with words, call bad names
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