Vocabulary Enrichment - Learn New Words with Examples

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. auspicious (adj.) favorable; fortunate (adj.) favorable; fortunate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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