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