- accomplice: a person who takes part in a crime
- annihilate: to destroy completely
- arbitrary: unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims
- brazen: shameless, impudent; made of brass
- catalyst: something that starts something else
- 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: given to fighting; aggressive
- morose: having a gloomy or sullen manner
- opaque: not clear or lucid; dense
- paramount: chief in importance, above all others
- prattle: to talk aimlessly or foolishly
- rebut: to offer arguments that contradicts an assertion; to refute
- reprimand: to scold; a rebuke
- servitude: slavery; forced labor
- slapdash: careless and hasty
- stagnant: not running or flowing; inactive
- succumb: to give way to superior force; yield