Vocabulary Units 4-6 Review

Vocabulary Definitions

• Abscond: To run off and hide
• Access: Means to approach or gain entry to certain places or things; can also signify an increase or obtaining something
• Anarchy: Refers to a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority
• Arduous: Describes tasks that are hard to accomplish and require significant effort
• Auspicious: Indicates something that is favorable or fortunate
• Biased: Shows a preference for one side, leading to prejudiced views
• Daunt: To intimidate or discourage someone, resulting in fear
• Disentangle: To separate or remove tangles or complications
• Fated: Describes something predetermined by destiny or fortune
• Hoodwink: To deceive someone through trickery
• Inanimate: Refers to objects that lack life or energy
• Incinerate: The action of burning something completely to ashes
• Intrepid: Characterized by fearlessness and bravery
• Larceny: The act of theft
• Pliant: Easily influenced or able to bend without breaking
• Pompous: Excessively self-important in speech and demeanor; overly formal
• Precipice: A very steep cliff; can also describe a critical point or edge of disaster
• Rectify: To correct or make something right
• Reprieve: A temporary postponement or relief from punishment
• Revile: To criticize or insult someone with harsh language
• Accomplice: A person who assists in committing a crime
• Annihilate: To completely destroy or obliterate
• Arbitrary: Based on personal whim rather than reason or fairness
• Brazen: Marked by shamelessness and impudence
• Catalyst: A substance that accelerates a chemical reaction or an agent causing change
• Exodus: A significant departure or mass movement of people
• Facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• Incorrigible: Not able to be corrected or reformed
• Latent: Something that exists but is not yet visible or realized
• Militant: Actively engaged in warfare or conflict; aggressive in support of a cause
• Morose: Having a gloomy or sullen disposition, often antisocial
• Opaque: Not transparent; difficult to understand
• Paramount: Extremely important; superior to all others
• Prattle: Talking in an aimless or foolish way; often refers to childish babble
• Rebut: To challenge or refute an assertion with arguments or evidence
• Reprimand: To scold or criticize formally
• Servitude: The state of being a slave or in forced labor
• Slapdash: Carelessly done; hasty and lacking attention to detail
• Stagnant: Describes something inactive or not flowing; often contains unpleasant characteristics
• Succumb: To yield to a greater force or pressure
• Atone: To make amends or compensate for a wrongdoing
• Bondage: The condition of being enslaved or held down
• Credible: Describes something that is believable or trustworthy
• Defray: To cover or pay for expenses
• Diligent: Demonstrating hard work and effort
• Doleful: Expressing sorrow or sadness
• Ghastly: Frightening or horrifying; can also refer to a deathly appearance
• Hamper: To impede or obstruct progress
• Hew: To cut down or shape using a tool like an axe
• Impoverished: Describes a state of extreme poverty or depletion
• Incessant: Continuous and without interruption
• Intricate: Complex and difficult to follow or understand
• Lucid: Clear and easy to comprehend; can also refer to being sane
• Posthumous: Occurring after a person's death
• Prim: Excessively neat or proper; can imply prudish behavior
• Sardonic: Characterized by scornful mockery or bitter sarcasm
• Superfluous: More than necessary or beyond what is required; excessive
• Supplant: To replace or take the place of something
• Taunt: To mock someone in a scornful manner; also, an insulting remark
• Tenacious: Resilient and persistent; holding firmly to something