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Sadlier-Oxford Vocab Level D Unit 5

Terms in this set (20)

accomplice
(n.) a person who takes part in a crime

Syn: partner in crime, confederate
annihilate
(v.) to destry completely

Syn: obliterate, decimate, demolish
Ant: foster, promote, encourage, nurture
arbitrary
(adj.) unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness

Syn: capricious, high-handed, autocratic
Ant: reasoned, rational, objective, equitable
brazen
(adj.) shameless, impudent; made of brass

Syn: saucy, bold
Ant: deferential, respectful, self-effacing
catalyst
(n.) a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change

Syn: stimulus, spur, instigator
exodus
(n.) a large-scale departure or light

Syn: emigration, escape, hegira
Ant: immigration, influx, arrival, entrance
facilitate
(v.) to make easier; to assist

Syn: ease, smooth the way, simplify
Ant: hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede
incorrigible
(adj.) not able to be corrected; beyond control

Syn: unruly, intractable, incurable, inveterate
Ant: tractable, docile, curable, reparable
latent
(adj.) hidden, present but not realized

Syn: dormant, inactive, undeveloped
Ant: exposed, manifest, evidnt
militant
(adj.) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause
(n.) an activist

Syn: (adj.) truculent
Ant: (adj.) unassertive, peaceable, passive
morose
(adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable

Syn: morbid, doleful
Ant: cheerful, blithe, jaunty, buoyant
opaque
(adj.) not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid

Syn: hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky, dull, obtuse
Ant: transparent, clear, bright, perceptive
paramount
(adj.) chief in importance, above all others

Syn: supreme, foremost, primary, dominant
Ant: secondary, subordinate, ancillary
prattle
(v.) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way, to babble
(n.) baby talk, babble

Syn: (v.) chatter
(n.) twaddle, gibberish, piffle
rebut
(v.) to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute

Syn: disprove, confute, shoot holes in
Ant: confirm, corroborate, substantiate
reprimand
(v.) to scold; find fault with
(n.) a rebuke

Syn: (v.) reprove, reproach
(n.) reproof
Ant: (v.) praise, pat on the back
servitude
(n.) slavery, forced labor

Syn: captivity, bondage, thralldom
Ant: freedom, liberty
slapdash
(adj.) careless and hasty

Syn: cursory, perfunctory, sloppy, slipshod
Ant: painstaking, meticulous, thorough, in-depth
stagnant
(adj.) not running or flowing, foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull

Syn: still, motionless, inert, fetid
Ant: flowing, running, fresh, sweet
succumb
(v.) to give way to superior force, yield

Syn: submit, die, expire
AntL overcome, master, conquer
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