Level D Unit 5 Vocabulary

accomplice

(n.) a person who takes part in a crime
SYN: partner in crime, confederate

annihilate

(v.) to destroy 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.) large-scale departure or flight
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, evident

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
ANT: overcome, master, conquer