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

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
Rebuilding New Orleans was a daunting task.
Fighting the dragon daunted the blue knight.

8. 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 .

9. 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.

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 and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

17. Precipice: (n) 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
Amnesty Day! DEADLINE EXTENSION!

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