My sister ____________ with the inheritance money from my parents before I could stop her.

• absconded

• daunted

• disentangled

• reprieved

Danger did not ________ the hero. He was fearless.

• intrepid

• incinerate

• hoodwink

• daunt

I stared at the __________ clock as if it would suddenly come to life and tell me all the secrets of the house.

• biased

• auspicious

• intrepid

• inanimate

You have spun such a web of lies and deceit that I am not sure how you will ___________ yourself from them.

• disentangle

• arduous

• incinerate

• reprieve

Please be careful as you walk near the _________ of the cliff.

• revile

• rectify

• precipice

• pompous

My dad is always excited for Christmas day because he knows he will get to __________ all of the boxes our gifts came in.

• incinerate

• pliant

• daunt

• access

The _________ student insisted that he was the best at baseball and that no one could hit a ball over the fence quite like him.

• pliant

• pompous

• intrepid

• reviled

I may be a bit __________, but I think my daughter is one of the best actresses in the theater competition.

• rectified

• reviled

• intrepid

• biased

To be an astronaut, you must be an _________ person who craves adventure and is not afraid of heights.

• daunted

• intrepid

• anarchist

• auspicious

Some might say that it is ________ that we are meeting here tonight, but I believe that we control our own destinies.

• fated

• hoodwinked

• larceny

• arduous