CHAPTER 5 VOCAB

ACCOMPLICE

• a person who takes part in a crime
• S: partner in crime

ANNIHILATE

• to destroy completely
• S: oliberate, decimate

ARBITRARY

• unreasonable; based on one's wishes
• S: capricious

BRAZEN

• shameless,made of brass
• S: saucy, bold

CATALYST

• a substance that hastens a chemical reaction.
• S: stimulus, spur, instigator

EXODUS

• a large-scale departure or flight
• S: escape, hegria

FACILITATE

• to make it easier
• S: ease, simplify

LATENT

• hidden, present but not realized
• S: inactive, undeveloped

INCORRIGIBLE

• not able to be corrected; beyond control
• S: unruly

MILITANT

• given to fighting; active and aggressive for a cause
• S: truculent

MOROSE

• having a gloomy or sullen manner
• S: morbid

OPAQUE

• not letting light get through, not clear, stupid
• S: hazy, cloudy

PARAMOUNT

• chief in important, above all others
• S: supreme, primary

PRATTLE

• to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way
• S: gibberish, twaddle

REBUT

• to offer argument or evidence that contradictz an assertion
• S: disprove, confute

REPRIMAND

• to scold, find a fault with
• S: reproach

SERVITUDE

• slavery forced labor
• S: bondage

SLAPDASH

• careless and hasty
• S: cursory

STAGNANT

• not running or flowing
• S: still, motionless

Untitled Slide

SUCCUMB

• to give way to superior force
• S: submit, die