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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. Unit 4A. Abscond. (v.) to run off and hide Hint: the student was absent when he absconded from school. Sentence. The thief absconded with a fortune in diamonds; the police are looking for anyone meeting his description. Access.

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 4A

  2. Abscond • (v.) to run off and hide • Hint: the student was absent when he absconded from school

  3. Sentence • The thief absconded with a fortune in diamonds; the police are looking for anyone meeting his description.

  4. Access • (n.) approach or admittance to persons, places, things (v.) to get at, obtain

  5. Sentence • (n.) The students are not given access to the MACs without teacher permission. • (v.) Students can access their grades on the Home Access Center.

  6. Anarchy • (n.) a lack of government and law

  7. Sentence • When the French Revolution occurred, the peasants, who had overthrown the government, were ill prepared to rule and anarchy resulted.

  8. Arduous • (adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort

  9. Sentence • Painting the living room was an arduous task; it took almost 8 hours.

  10. Auspicious • (adj.) favorable, fortunate • Hint: An auspicious event is awesome

  11. Sentence • When a bride wakes up to sunshine on her wedding day, she may consider it an auspicious sign.

  12. Biased • (adj.) favoring one side unduly, prejudiced

  13. Sentence • A juror must not be biased when listening to the evidence.

  14. Daunt • (v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate

  15. Sentence • Moving and entering a new school is enough to daunt even the most dedicated of students.

  16. Disentangle • (v.) to free from tangles or complications • Hint: Dis= out Tangle= a knot so disentangle is get out of a knot

  17. Sentence • If you tell lies, the best way to disentangle yourself is to tell the truth and apologize.

  18. Fated • (adj.) Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

  19. Sentence • When I go to see a romantic comedy, I know that the main characters are fated to fall in love.

  20. Hoodwink • (v.) to mislead by a trick, deceive • Hint: to pull a hood over someone’s eyes so they can’t see what you are doing

  21. Sentence • My friend was hoodwinked when she purchased a handbag on the street in New York City. It was falsely labeled with the Gucci name.

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