Level D Unit 4English 9

He hoodwinked everyone by absconding with the prototype shortly after the larceny. He was so pompous that he drove the getaway van over a precipice and incinerated all the evidence.This caused anarchy among the other thieves who could find no auspicious reason for the loss of their most arduous crime. They could find no way to rectify their situation. Although money is an inanimate object some people place far to much value on it.

Abscond

to run off and hide

anarchylack of government or law; confusion

arduoushard to do, requiring much effort

auspiciousfavorable, fortunate, promising

hoodwinkto mislead by trickery, swindle, put one over on, fool

inanimatenot having life,

incinerate

Larceny- theft

pompous overly self importantstuck on oneself

Precipicea very steep cliff; the brink or the edge of disaster

prototype

an original model on which latter versions are patterned

Rectify-to make right, correct