VOCABULARY UNIT 4 English 1

ABSCOND V- to run off and hide Syn – bolt, make off, skip town

ACCESS

N- APPROACH OR ADMITTANCE TO PLACES, PERSONS, THINGS; AN INCREASE

V- TO GET AT, OBTAIN SYN- ENTRY , INGRESS ANT- TOTAL EXCLUSION

ANARCHY N- lack of government and law,

confusion Syn- chaos, disorder, turmoil,

pandemonium Ant – law and order, peace and quiet

ARDUOUS Adj- hard to do, requiring much effort Syn- hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing Ant- easy, simple, effortless

DAUNT V- to overcome with fear, intimidate; to

dishearten, discourage Syn – dismay Ant – encourage, reassure

DISENTANGLE V- to free from tangles or complications Syn- Unravel, unwind, unscramble Ant – tangle up, ensnarl, snag

AUSPICIOUS Adj- favorable, fortunate Syn- promising, encouraging Ant- ill-omened, sinister

FATED Adj- determined in advanced by destiny

or fortune Syn- destined, preordained, doomed Ant- chance, random

HOODWINKED V- to mislead by a trick; swindle Syn- put over on, fool Ant – disabuse

INANIMATE Adj- not having life, without energy or

spirit Syn- dead, spiritless Ant – living, alive, energetic

INCINERATE V- to burn to ashes Syn – burn up, cremate, reduce to

ashes

INTREPID Adj- brave, fearless, unshakable Syn- valiant, daring Ant – timid, cowardly

LARCENY N- theft Syn – stealing, robbery Ant – timid, cowardly

PLIANT Adj- bending easily; easily influenced Syn – flexible , elastic, plastic

POMPOUS Adj- overly self-important in speech and

manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

Syn- bombastic, pretentious Ant- plain, unpretentious

PRECIPICE N- a very steep cliff; the brink or edge

of disaster Syn- crag, bluff, ledge Ant- abyss, chasm, gorge

PROTOTYPE N- an original model on which later

versions are patterned Syn- example, sample Ant- copy

RECTIFY V- to make right; correct Syn- set right Ant – mess up, botch

REPRIEVE N- a temporary relief or delay V- to grant a postponement Syn- n- stay , respite; v- delay Ant - v- proceed

REVILE V- to attack with words, call bad names Syn – to malign, vilify Ant- praise, acclaim, idolize