Chapter 5 Vocab Definitions
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pinkiepup211 on January 7, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accomplice | a person who takes part in a crime |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| arbitrary | 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; an agent that causes change |
| exodus | a large-scale departure or flight |
| facilitate | to make easier |
| incorrigible | not able to be corrected or reformed; [beyond control] |
| latent | hidden and present but not realized |
| militant | given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; [an activist] |
| morose | gloomy or sullen |
| opaque | not letting light through; not making sense: not lucid |
| paramount | chief in importance, above all others |
| prattle | noun or verb; to talk in an aimless, simple, or foolish way |
| rebut | to offer opposing arguments or evidence |
| reprimand | noun or verb; to find severe fault with |
| servitude | slavery, forced labor |
| slapdash | careless and hasty in the doing/performing of something |
| stagnant | foul from standing still; not developing or progressing |
| succumb | to give way to superior force, die |
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