Lesson 2 Vocabulary

The DEFINITIONS are done for you . Complete the Synonyms and Antonyms
lists below using these new terms.

1. abscond—(v.) to run off and hide

2. access—(n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase;
(v.) to get at, obtain
3. anarchy—(n.) a lack of government and law, confusion
4. arduous—(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort
5. auspicious—(adj.) favorable; fortunate
6. biased—(adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
7. daunt—(v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
8. disentangle—(v.) to free from tangles or complications
9. fated—(adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune.
10. hoodwink—(v.) to mislead by a trick, deceive
11. inanimate—(adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit
12. incinerate—(v.) to burn to ashes
13. intrepid—(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable
14. larceny—(n.) theft
15. pliant—(adj.) bending readily, easily influenced
16. pompous—(adj.) overly self-important in speech or manner; excessively
stately or ceremonious
17. precipice—(n.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
18. rectify—(v.) to make right, correct
19. reprieve—(n.) a temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant a postponement
20. revile—(v.) to attack with words, call bad names

SYNONYMS:
1. promising, encouraging, propitious
2. pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic
3. to postpone, to delay; a stay, respite
4. prejudiced, unfair, partial, bigoted
5. to deceive, dupe, put one over on
6. supple, flexible, elastic plastic
7. to intimidate, dismay, cow, discourage
8. doomed, destined, preordained
9. to bolt, make off, skip town
10. a cliff, crag, bluff, promontory; a brink, ledge
11. to unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl
 12. to correct, remedy, set right
13. lifeless, dead; inert, spiritless
14. hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
15. inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce
16. chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium
17. to burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes
18. stealing, robbery, theft, burglary
19. entry, admittance, entrée
20. valiant, courageous, audacious, daring

ANTONYMS:
1. timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous
2. to praise, acclaim, to revere, idolize
3. accidental, fortuitous, chance, random
4. to tangle up, ensnarl, snag
5. to mess up, botch, bungle
6. to encourage, embolden, reassure
7. total exclusion from something
8. to proceed as scheduled
9. easy, simple, effortless
10. law and order, peace and quiet
11. ill-omened, ominous, sinister
12. fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just
13. rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone
14. living, alive; energetic, lively, sprightly
15. unpretentious, unaffected; plain
16. an abyss, chasm, gorge
17. to undeceive, disabuse, “clue in”