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| abscond | to run off and hide |
| access (n.) | 1. approach or admittance to places, persons, things; 2. an increase |
| access (v.) | to get at, obtain |
| anarchy | 1. a lack of government and law; 2. confusion |
| arduous | hard to do, requiring much effort |
| auspicious | favorable, fortunate |
| biased | favoring one side unduly, prejudiced |
| daunt | 1. to overcome with fear, intimidate; 2. to dishearten, discourage |
| disentangle | to free from tangles or complications |
| hoodwink | to mislead by a trick, deceive |
| inanimate | 1. not having life; 2. without energy or spirit |
| incinerate | to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| larceny | theft |
| pliant | 1. bending readily; 2. easily influenced |
| pompous | 1. overly self-important in speech and manner; 2. excessively stately or ceremonious |
| precipice | 1. a very steep cliff; 2. the brink or edge of disaster |
| rectify | to make right, correct |
| fated | determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| reprieve (n.) | a temporary relief or delay |
| reprieve (v.) | to grant a postponement |
| revile | to attack with words, call bad names |