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Vocab Unit 4
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English
9th Grade
11/18/2010

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abscond
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v. to run off and hide
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access
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n. approach or admittance to places, persons, things
v. to get at, 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 one side unduly; prejudiced
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daunt
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v. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
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disentangle
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v. to free from tangles or complications
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fated
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adj. determined 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 life; without energy or spirit
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incinerate
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v. to burn to ashes
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intrepid
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adj. very brave, fearless, unshakable
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larceny
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n. theft
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pliant
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adj. bending readily; easily influenced
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pompous
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adj. overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
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precipice
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n. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
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rectify
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v. to make right, correct
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reprieve
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n. a temporary relief or delay
v. to grant a postponement
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revile
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v. to attack with words, call bad names
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