Eng. Unit 5
Terms
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- accomplice
- person who takes part in a crime
- annihilate
- to destroy completely
- arbitrary
- unreasonable, based on one's wishes/whims w.o regard for reason or fairness
- brazen
- shameless, impudent, made of brass
- catalyst
- substance that causes/hastens a chem. reaction, any agent that causes change
- exodus
- large-scale departure/flight
- facilitate
- to make easier, to assist
- incorrigible
- not able to be corrected, beyond control
- latent
- hidden, present but not realized
- militant
- given to fightin, active and aggressivre in support of a 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 importance, above all others
- prattle
- to talk in an aimless, foolish, simple way, to babble, baby talk
- rebut
- to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion, to refute
- reprimand
- to scold, find fault with, a rebuke
- servitude
- slavery, forced labor
- slapdash
- careless, hasty
- stagnant
- not flowy or running, foul from standing still, inactive, sluggish, dull
- succumb
- to give way to superior force, yield