Vocabulary Unit 5 Synonyms/Antonyms
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icecream40 on November 30, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accomplice | partner in crime, confederate/none |
| annihilate | obliterate, decimate, demolish/foster, promote, encourage, nurture |
| arbitrary | capricious, high-handed, autocratic/reasoned, rational, objective, equitable |
| brazen | saucy, bold/deferential, respectful, self-effacing |
| catalyst | stimulus, spur, instigator/none |
| exodus | emigration, escape, hegira/immigration, influx, arrival, entrance |
| facilitate | ease, smooth the way, simplify/hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede |
| incorrigible | unruly, intractable, incurable, inveterate/tractable, docile, curable, reparable |
| latent | dormant, inactive, undeveloped/exposed, manifest, evident |
| militant | truculent/unassertive, peaceable, passive |
| morose | morbid, doleful/cheerful, blithe, jaunty, buoyant |
| opaque | hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky, dull, obtuse/transparent, clear, bright, perceptive |
| paramount | supreme, foremost, primary, dominant/secondary, subordinate, ancillary |
| prattle | chatter, twaddle, gibberish, piffle/none |
| rebut | disprove, confute, shoot holes in/confirm, corroborate, substantiate |
| reprimand | reprove, reproach, reproof/praise, pat on the back |
| servitude | captivity, bondage, thralldom/freedom, liberty |
| slapdash | cursory, perfunctory, sloppy, slipshod/painstaking, meticulous, thorough, in-depth |
| stagnant | still, motionless, inert, fetid/flowing, running, fresh, sweet |
| succumb | submit, die, expire/overcome, master, conquer |
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