Level D Unit 4
Terms
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v. to run off and hide
syn: bolt, make off, skip town - abscond
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n. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase;
v. to get at, obtain
syn: n. entry, admittance, entree;
ant: n. total exclusion - access
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n. a lack of government and law; confusion
syn: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium
ant: law and order, peace and quiet - anarchy
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adj. hard to do, requiring much effort
syn: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
ant: easy, simple, effortless - arduous
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adj. favorable; fortunate
syn: promising, encouraging, propitious
ant: ill-omened, ominous, sinister - auspicious
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adj. favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
syn: unfair, partial, bigoted
ant: fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just - biased
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v. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
syn: dismay, cow
ant: encourage, embolden, reassure - daunt
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v. to free from tangles or complications
syn: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl
ant: tangle up, ensnarl, snag - disentangle
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adj. determined in advance by destiny or fortune
syn: destined, preordained, doomed
ant: accidental, fortuitous, chance, random - fated
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v. to mislead by a trick, deceive
syn: dupe, put one over on
ant: undeceive, disabuse, clue in - hoodwink
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adj. not having life; without energy or spirit
syn: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless
ant: living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly - inanimate
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v. to burn to ashes
syn: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes - incinerate
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adj. very brave, fearless, unshakable
syn: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring
ant: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous - intrepid
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n. theft
syn: stealing, robbery, burglary - larceny
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adj. bending readily; easily influenced
syn: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
ant: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone - pliant
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adj. overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
syn: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic.
ant: unpretentious, unaffected, plain - pompous
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n. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
syn: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge
ant: abyss, chasm, gorge - precipice
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v. to make right, correct
syn: remedy, set right
ant: mess up, botch, bungle - rectify
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n. a temporary relief or delay
v. to grant a postponement
syn: n. stay, respite;
v. postpone, delay
ant: v. proceed - reprieve
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v. to attack with words, call bad names
syn: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce
ant: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize - revile