Abscond: (v) to run off and hide After committing a crime, smart criminals attempt to abscond from the scene.

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.) favorable; fortunate

Biased: (adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

Daunt: (v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage Rebuilding New Orleans was a daunting task. Fighting the dragon daunted the blue knight.

Disentangle: (v) to free from tangles or complications The snakes are trying to literally disentangle themselves. Richard Nixon was unable to disentangle himself from a web of lies .

Fated: (adj.) Determined in advance by destiny or fortune Some felt that McCain was fated to lose the election due to his associations with George W. Bush. In the movie Meet Joe Black, Anthony Hopkins character is fated to die.

Hoodwink: (v) to mislead by a trick, deceive

Inanimate: (adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit

Incinerate: (v) to burn to ashes

Intrepid: (adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable

Larceny: (n) theft

Pliant: (adj.) bending readily; easily influenced

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

Precipice: (n) very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

Rectify: (v) to make right; correct

Reprieve: (n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement Amnesty Day! DEADLINE EXTENSION!

Revile: (v) to attack with words; call bad names