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- abscond
- verb. to run off and hide, often with money
- access
- noun. permission to see important people, places, or things.
- anarchy
- noun. a lack of government or law; chaos
- arduous
- ajd. hard to do, requiring a lot of effort
- auspicious
- adj. promising, fortunate, favorable
- biased
- adj. favoring one side unfairly
- daunt
- v. to overcome with fer, intimidate
- disentangle
- v. to free from complications
- fated
- adj. determined in advance by destiny
- hoodwink
- v. to trick or deceive
- inanimate
- adj, not having life, or without energy
- incinerate
- v. to burn to ashes
- interpid
- adj. brave, fearless
- larceny
- n. theft
- pliant
- adj. easily influenced (people) OR bending easily (things)
- pompous
- adj. self important, conceited
- precipice
- n. a very steep cliff OR the edge of disaster
- rectify
- v. to make something right, fix, to correct
- reprieve
- n. a temporary relief or delay
- revile
- v. to attack with words, call bad names
- accomplice
- n. a person who helps someone commit a crime
- annihilate
- v. to destroy completely
- arbitrary
- adj. unreasonable; based on one perons likes or dislikes, instead of what is fair
- brazen
- adj. shameless, rude, offensively bold
- catalyst
- n. a person or siubstance that causes change
- exodus
- n. large scale departure or emigration
- facilitate
- v. to make easier, to assist
- incorrigible
- adk. out of control, unruly OR not easily influenced
- latent
- adj. hidden, present but not seen or realized
- militant
- adj. aggressive, tending to fight
- morose
- adj. having a gloomy, depressing manner
- opaque
- adj, not letting light through, not transparent OR dumb
- paramount
- adj. chief in imporatnce, above others in rank
- prattle
- v. to talk in a foolish way, chatter, babble
- rebut
- v. to disprove something, to offer opposing evidence
- reprimand
- v. to scold or formally criticize someone
- servitude
- n. slavery, forced labor
- slapdash
- adj. careless, hasty
- stagnant
- adj. inactive, sluggish, foul from standing still
- succumb
- v. to yield or give way to a superior force
- atone
- v. to make up for a mistake or wrongdoing
- bondage
- n. slavery or a state of being subjected to some external control
- credible
- adj. believable
- defray
- v. to pay all or part of the expenses
- diligent
- adj. hardworking or persistent
- doleful
- adj. sad, melancholy
- ghastly
- adj. frightful or horrible
- hamper
- v. to hold back or interfere
- hew
- v. to shape or cut down with an axe
- impoverished
- adj. porr
- incessant
- adj. unending, never stopping
- intricate
- adj. complicated, difficult to understand
- lucid
- adj. easy to understand, rational, sane
- posthumous
- adj. occuring or published after death
- prim
- adj. overly neat, precise, and proper
- sardonic
- adj. bitterly sarcastic, cynical
- superflous
- adj. more than is required, excessive or needless
- supplant
- v, to take the place of someone through scheming, or to replace
- taunt
- v, to mock, to jeer
- tenacious
- adj. persistent, stubborn