Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 4,5,6

Reprieve

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

Anarchy

a lack of government and law; confusion

exodus

a large-scale departure or flight

accomplice

a person who takes part in a crime

catalyst

a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change

Precipice

a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster

Access

approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; to get at, obtain

credible

believable.

Pliant

bending readily; easily influenced

slapdash

careless and hasty

paramount

chief in importance, above all others

intricate

complicated; difficult to understand

Fated

determined in advance by destiny or fortune

lucid

easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

superfluous

exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

Auspicious

favorable, fortunate

Biased

favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

ghastly

frightful, horrible; deathly pale

militant

given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause

sardonic

grimly or scornfullly mocking, bitterly sarcastic

Arduous

hard to do, requiring much effort

diligent

hardworking, industrious, not lazy

morose

having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable

latent

hidden, present but not realized

tenacious

holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

brazen

made of brass; shameless, impudent

incessant

never stopping, going on all the time

incorrigible

not able to be corrected; beyond control

Inanimate

not having life; without energy or spirit

opaque

not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid

stagnant

not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull

posthumous

occuring or published after death

prim

overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

Pompous

overly self-important in speech or manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

impoverished

poor, In a state of poverty; depleted

doleful

sad; dreary

servitude

slavery, forced labor

bondage

slavery; any state of being bound or held down

Larceny

theft

Revile

to attack with words, call bad names

Incinerate

to burn to ashes

annihilate

to destroy completely

Disentangle

to free of tangles or complications

succumb

to give way to superior force, yield

hamper

to hold back

taunt

to jeer at, mock; (n) an insulting or mocking remark

facilitate

to make easier; to assist

Rectify

to make right, correct

atone

to make up for

Hoodwink

to mislead by trick, deceive

rebut

to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute

Daunt

to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

defray

to pay for

Abscond

to run off and hide

reprimand

to scold; find fault with; a rebuke

hew

to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

supplant

to take the place of, supersede

prattle

to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; baby talk; babble

arbitrary

unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness

Intrepid

very brave, fearless, unshakable