Vocab unit 5
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Marissaabrown on March 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Accomplice | a person who takes part in a crime |
| Annihilate | to destroy completely |
| Arbitrary | unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness |
| Brazen | shameless, impudent; made of brass |
| Catalyst | a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any ag |
| Exodus | a large-scale departure or flight |
| Facilitate | to make easier; to assist |
| Incorrigible | not able to be corrected; beyond control |
| Latent | hidden, present but not realized |
| Militant | (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist |
| Morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
| Opaque | not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid |
| Paramount | chief in importance, above all others |
| Prattle | (v) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; (n) baby talk, babble |
| Rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute |
| Reprimand | (v) to scold; find fault with; (n) a rebuke |
| Servitude | slavery, forced labor |
| Slapdash | careless and hasty |
| Stagnant | not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull |
| Succumb | to give way to superior force, yield |
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