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1st.Dlott
Sadlier Vocabulary Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accomplice | a person who takes part in a crime |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| arbitrary | unreasonable: based on one's wishes or whims with reason or fairness |
| brazen | shameless, impudent: made of brass |
| catalyst | a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction that causes change |
| 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 | an activist |
| morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner: not friendly or soiable |
| opaque | not letting light through: not clear or lucid |
| paramount | chief in importance, above all others |
| prattle | baby talk, babble |
| rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion, to refute |
| reprimand | a rebuke |
| servitude | slavery, forced |
| slapdash | careless and hasty |
| stagnant | not running or flowing: foul from standing still, inactive |
| succumb | to give way to superior force, yield |
| atone | to make up for |
| bondage | slavery: any state of being bound or held down |
| credible | believable |
| defray | to pay for |
| diligent | hardworking, industrious, |
| doleful | sad: dreary |
| ghastly | frightful, horrible: deathly pale |
| hamper | to hold back |
| hew | to shape or cut down with an ax: to hold yo |
| impoverished | poo< in a state of poverty: depleted |
| incessant | never stopping, going on all the time |
| intricate | complicated: difficult to understand |
| lucid | easy to understand, clear: rational, sane |
| occurring | or published after death |
| prim | overly neat,proper or formal: prudish |
| sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| supplant | to take the place of, supersede |
| taunt | an insulting or mocking remark |
| tenacious | holding fast, or holding together firmly: persistent |
| adieu | farewell |
| advent | an arrival: a coming into place or view |
| apex | the highest point, tip |
| assimilate | to absorb fully: to adopt as one's adapt fully |
| bogus | false, counterfeit |
| exorbitant | unreasonably high: excessive |
| interim | the time between |
| inundate | to flood, overflow: to overwhelm by numbers or size |
| malign | evil |
| meander | a sharp turn or twist |
| metropolis | a large city: the chief city of an area |
| momentous | very important |
| obstreperous | noisy: unruly, disorderly |
| pensive | thoughtful: melancholy |
| perilous | dangerous |
| shoddy | of poor quality: characterized by inferior workmanship |
| sprightly | lively, full of life: spicy, flavorful |
| surly | angry and bad-tampered: rude |
| tirade | a long, angry speech< usually very critical |
| vagrant | wandering aimlessly |
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