Abscond - (v) to run off and hide Access - (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain Anarchy - (n) a lack of government and law; confusion Arduous - (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort Auspicious - (adj)

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Precipice

- (n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

Prototype

- (n) an original model on which later versions are patterened

Access

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

Larceny

- (n) theft

Reprieve

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

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

Pliant

- (adj) bending readily; easily influenced

Fated

- (adj) determined in advance by destiny of fortune

Auspicious

- (adj) favorable; fortunate

Arduous

- (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort

Inanimate

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

Pompous

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

Intrepid

- (adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable

Anarchy

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


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