VOCAB WEEK 9

1. abscond On Halloween, the children absconded with the extra candy on the porch. If you abscond with someone else’s notebook, Ms. Mitchell will be mad.

1. abscond (v.) to run off and hide

2. access My mom does not give me full access to the internet. I was not granted access to the White House last year.

2. access (n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things

3. anarchy If our country does not maintain law and order, there will be anarchy. Some might say there is anarchy due to the Affordable Care Act

3. anarchy (n.) a lack of government and law, confusion

4. arduous I try to complete many arduous workouts a week in order to build up muscle and stay fit. To become a popular actor or musician is very arduous.

4. arduous (adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort

5. auspicious It was an auspicious circumstance when my mom came to pick me up just as it started to rain. Their success in battle was auspicious since no one thought they were capable of subjugating the opposing country.

5. auspicious (adj.) favorable; fortunate

6. biased Many people are biased towards matters they do not know or understand. We should not be biased when completing research, because then we will never have a wide perspective.

6. biased (adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudice

7. daunt The guard dog was used to daunt any brigands. The amount of reading I expect might daunt my students.

7. daunt (v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

8. disentangle Rescuers disentangled the seal from the net. The students had to disentangle the meaning of the confusing passage.

8. disentangle (v.) to free from tangles or complications

9. fated Hector was fated to die in the battle at Troy. The day was fated to end badly due to the storm.

9. fated (adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune

10. hoodwink Some stores hoodwink customers into spending more money. The old teacher was hoodwinked into resigning.

10. hoodwink (v.) to mislead by a trick, deceive