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1st.KCallwood
Sailder Vocab review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accomplice | a person who takes part in a crime |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| arbitrary | unreasonable; based on one's wishes or or whims without regard for reason 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 correct; beyond control |
| latent | hidden, present but not realized |
| militant | given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause |
| morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
| opaque | not letting light through; not clear or lucid |
| paramount | chief in importance, above all others |
| prattle | to talk in an aimless, foolish or simple way; to babble |
| prattle | baby talk, babble |
| rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion, to refuse |
| reprimand | to scold; find fault with |
| reprimand | 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 |
| militant | an activist |
| atone | to make up for |
| bondage | slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| credible | believable |
| defray | to pay for |
| diligent | hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| doleful | sad; dreary |
| ghastly | frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
| hamper | to hold back |
| hew | to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
| impoverished | poor, 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 |
| posthumous | 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 | to jeer at, mock |
| taunt | an insulting or mocking remark |
| tenacuous | holding fast, or holding together firmly; persistent |
| adieu | farewell |
| adieu | a farewell |
| advent | an arrival; a coming into place or view |
| apex | the highest point.tip |
| assimilate | to absorb fully; to adopt as one's own adapt fully |
| bogus | false, counterfeit |
| exorbitant | unreasonably high; excessive |
| interim | the time between |
| interim | temporary, coming between two points in time |
| inundate | to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size |
| malign | to speak evil of, slander |
| malign | evil |
| meander | to wander about, wind about |
| meander | a sharp turn or twist |
| metropolis | a large city; the chief of city of an area |
| momentous | very important |
| obstreperous | noisy; unruly. disorderly |
| pensive | thoughtful; melancholy |
| perilous | dangerous |
| shoddy | of poor quality |
| sprightly | lively, full of life |
| surly | angry and bad-tempered |
| tirade | a long, angry speech |
| vagrant | wandering animlessly |
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