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Unit 5 Vocabulary
Mr. Strickland's English 1 - Unit 5 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Accomplice | a person who takes part in a crime |
Annihilate | to destroy completely |
Arbitrary | unreasonable; based upon one's wishes or whims without regard or fairness |
Brazen | shameless; impudent; made of brass |
Catalyst | a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change |
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; active and aggressive in support of cause; an activist |
Morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
Opaque | not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid |
Paramount | chief in important, above all others |
Prattle | to take in an aimless, foolish or simple way; to babble; babytalk |
Rebut | to offer agruments or evidence that contradict an assertion; to refute |
Reprimand | to scold; find fault with; a rebuke |
Servitude | slavery, forced labor |
Slapdash | careless and hasty |
Stagnant | not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive |
Succumb | to give way to superior force; yield |