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
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 Syn: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes
Intrepid: (adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable Syn: valiant, audacious, daring Ant: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous
Larceny: (n) theft Syn: stealing, robbery
Pliant: (adj.) bending readily; easily influenced Syn: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic Ant: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone
Pompous: (adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious Syn: highfalutin, bombastic Ant: unpretentious, plain
Precipice: (n) very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster Syn: crag, bluff, ledge Ant: abyss, chasm, gorge
Prototype – (n) an original model on which later versions are patterned Syn: example, sample Ant: copy
Rectify: (v) to make right; correct Syn: set right Ant: mess up, botch, bungle
Reprieve: (n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement Syn: (n) stay, respite; (v) delay Ant: (v) proceed
Revile: (v) to attack with words; call bad names Syn: inveigh against, malign, vilify Ant: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize