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Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 4
Unit 4 Definitions, synonyms, antonyms
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Literature
9th Grade
10/24/2010

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