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