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abscond
- (v) to run off and hide
- synonym: bolt, make off, skip town
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access
- (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain
- synonym: (n) entry, admittance, entree
- antonym: (n) total exclusion
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anarchy
- (n) a lack of govenrment and law; confusion
- synonym: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium
- antonym: law and order, peace and quiet
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arduous
- (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort
- synonym: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
- antonym: easy, simple, effortless
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auspicious
- (adj) favorable; fortunate
- synonym: promising, encouraging, propitious
- antonym: ill-omened, ominous, sinister
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biased
- (adj) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
- synonym: unfair, partial, bigoted
- antonym: fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just
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daunt
- (v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
- synonym: dismay, cow
- antonym: encourage, embolden, reassure
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disentangle
- (v) to free from tangles or complications
- synonym: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl
- antonym: tangle up, ensnarl, snag
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fated
- (adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune
- synonym: destined, preordained, doomed
- antonym: accidental, fortuitous, chance, random
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hoodwink
- (v) to mislead by trick, deceive
- synonym: dupe, put one over on
- antonym: undeceive, disabuse, clue in
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inanimate
- (adj) not having life; without energy or spirit
- synonym: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless
- antonym: living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly
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incinerate
- (v) to burn to ashes
- synonym: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes
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intrepid
- (adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable
- synonym: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring
- antonym: timid, cowardly, crave, pusillanimous
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larceny
- (n) theft
- synonym: stealing, robbery, burglary
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pliant
- (adj) bending readily; easily influenced
- synonym: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
- antonym: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone
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pompous
- (adj) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
- synonym: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic
- antonym: unpretentious, unaffected, plain
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precipice
- (n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
- synonym: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge
- antonym: abyss, chasm, gorge
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rectify
- (v) to make right, correct
- synonym: remedy, set right
- antonym: mess up, botch, bungle
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reprieve
- (n) a temporary relief or delay;
- (v) to grant a postponement
- synonym: (n) stay, respite; (v) postpone, delay
- antonym: (v) proceed
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revile
- (v) to attack with words, call bad names
- synonym: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce
- antonym: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize
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