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Level D Unit 4. Quiz: Friday, November 8 Test: Tuesday, November 19. 1. abscond: V – to run off and hide. Synonym: bolt make off skip town . Antonym: NA.
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Level D Unit 4 Quiz: Friday, November 8Test: Tuesday, November 19
1. abscond: V – to run off and hide • Synonym: bolt make off skip town • Antonym: NA
2. access: N – approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase: V – to get at, obtains • Synonym: N–entry admittance entree • Antonym: N- total exclusion
3. Anarchy: N- a lack of government and law; confusion • Synonym: chaos disorder turmoil pandemonium • Antonym: law and order peace and quiet
4. arduous: Adj – hard to do, requiring much effort • Synonym: hard difficult laborious fatiguing • Antonym: easy simple effortless
5. auspicious: Adj – favorable; fortunate • Synonym: promising encouraging • Antonym: ill-omened ominous sinister
6. biased: Adj – favoring one side unduly; prejudiced • Synonym: unfair partial bigoted • Antonym: fair impartial unprejudiced just
7. daunt: V – to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage • Synonym: dismay • Antonym: encourage embolden reassure
8. disentangle: V – to free from tangles or complications • Synonym: unravel unwind unscramble unsnarl • Antonym: tangle up ensnarl snag
9. fated: Adj – determined in advance by destiny or fortune • Synonym: destined preordained doomed • Antonym: accidental chance random
10. hoodwink: V – to mislead by a trick, deceive • Synonym: dupe put one over on • Antonym: clue in on be honest to
11. inanimate: Adj – not having life; without energy or spirit • Syn: lifeless • dead • spiritless • Ant: living • alive • energetic • lively • sprightly
12. incinerate: v – to burn to ashes • Syn: burn up • cremate • reduce to ashes • Ant; NA
13. intrepid: Adj – very brave, fearless, unshakable • Syn: valiant • courageous • daring • Ant: timid • cowardly • craven
14. larceny: N - theft • Syn: stealing • robbery • burglary • Ant: NA
15. Pliant: Adj – bending readily; easily influenced • Syn: supple • flexible • elastic • plastic • Ant: rigid • stiff • inflexible • sent in stone
16. Pompous: Adj – overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious • Syn: pretentious • bombastic • Ant: unpretentious • unaffected • plain
17. precipice: N – a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster • Syn: cliff • crag • bluff • ledge • Ant: abyss • chasm • gorge
18. rectify: V – to make right, correct • Syn: remedy • set right • Ant: mess up • botch • bungle
19. reprieve: • Noun: a temporary relief or delay • Syn: stay respite • Ant: postponement delay • Verb: to grant a postponement • Syn: postpone • delay • Ant: proceed
20. revile: V – to attack with words, call bad names • Syn: malign • denounce • put down • Ant: praise • acclaim • idolize