Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 4 English 9A

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1. abscond: v. to run off and hide 18. rectify: v. to make right, correct
Synonyms: bolt, make off, skip town Synonyms: set right
2. access: n. approach or admittance to places, person, things; an Antonyms: mess up, botch, bungle
increase; 19. reprieve: n. a temporary relief or delay;
v. to get at, obtain v. to grant a postponement
Synonyms: (n.) entry, ingress Synonyms: (n.) stay, respite; (v.) delay
Antonyms: (n.) total exclusion Antonyms: (n.) proceed
3. anarchy: n. a lack of government and law; confusion 20. revile: v. to attack with words call bad names
Synonyms: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium Synonyms: inveigh against, malign, vilify
Antonyms: law and order, peace and quiet Antonyms: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize
4. arduous: adj. hard to do, requiring much effort
Synonyms: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
Antonyms: easy, simple, effortless
5. auspicious: adj. favorable; fortunate
Synonyms: promising, encouraging, propitious
Antonyms: ill-omened, sinister
6. daunt: v. to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten,
discourage
Synonyms: dismay, cow
Antonyms: encourage, embolden, reassure
7. disentangle: v. to free from tangles or complications
Synonyms: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl
Antonyms: tangle up, ensnarl, snag
8. fated: adj. determined in advance by destiny or fortune
Synonyms: destined, preordained, doomed
Antonyms: fortuitous, chance, random
9. hoodwink: v. to mislead by a trick, deceive
Synonyms: put one over on, fool
Antonyms: disabuse
10. inanimate: adj. not having life; without energy or spirit
Synonyms: dead, spiritless
Antonyms: living, alive, energetic, sprightly
11. incinerate: v. to burn to ashes
Synonyms: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes
12. intrepid: adj. very brave, fearless, unshakable
Synonyms: valiant, audacious, daring
Antonyms: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous
13. larceny: n. theft
Synonyms: stealing, robbery
14. pliant: adj. bending readily; easily influenced
Synonyms: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone
15. pompous: adj. overly self-important in speech and manner;
excessively stately or ceremonious
Synonyms: highfalutin, bombastic
Antonyms: unpretentious, plain
16. precipice: n. a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
Synonyms: crag, bluff, ledge
Antonyms: abyss, chasm, gorge
17. prototype: n. an original model on which later versions are
patterned
Synonyms: example, sample
Antonyms: copy