Vocabulary Workshop Level D: Unit 4 (Definitions)

pliant

(adj.) bending readily; easily influenced

fated

(adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune

auspicious

(adj.) favorable; fortunate

arduous

(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort

inanimate

(adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit

intrepid

(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable

anarchy

(n.) a lack of government and law; confusion

reprieve

(n.) a temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant a postponement

precipice

(n.) a very steep cliff; the brink of disaster

prototype

(n.) an original model on which later versions are patterned

larceny

(n.) theft

access

(v.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) to get at, to obtain

revile

(v.) to attack with words, call bad names

incinerate

(v.) to burn to ashes

disentangle

(v.) to free from tangles or complications

rectify

(v.) to make right, correct

hoodwink

(v.) to mislead by a trick, swindle

daunt

(v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

abscond

(v.) to run off and hide

pompous

(adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious