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Vocab Unit 5 Level D
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level D
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| accomplice | (n) a person who takes part in a crime (syn) partner in crime, confederate |
| annihilate | (v) to destroy completely (syn) obliterate, decimate, demolish (ant) foster, promote, encourage, nurture |
| arbitrary | (adj) unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness (syn) capricious, high-handed, autocratic (ant) reasoned, rational, objective, equitable |
| brazen | (adj) shameless, impudent, made of brass (syn) saucy, bold (ant) deferential, respectful, self-effacing |
| catalyst | (n) a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change (syn) stimulus, spur, instigator |
| exodus | (n) a large-scale departure or flight (syn) emigration, escape, hegira (ant) immigration, influx, arrival, entrance |
| facilitate | (v) to make easier; to assist (syn) ease, smooth the way, simpify (ant) hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede |
| incorrigible | (adj) not able to be corrected; beyond control (syn) unruly, intractable, incurable, inveterate (ant) tractable, docile, curable, reparable |
| latent | (adj) hidden, present but not realized (syn) dormant, inactive, undeveloped (ant) exposed, manifest, evident |
| militant | (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist (syn) (adj) truculent (ant) (adj) unassertive, peaceable, passive |
| morose | (adj) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable (syn) morbid, doleful (ant) cheerful, blithe, jaunty, buoyant |
| opaque | (adj) no letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid (syn) hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky, dull, obtuse (ant) transparent, clear, bright, perceptive |
| paramount | (adj) chief in importance, above all others (syn) supreme, foremost, primary, dominant (ant) secondary, subordinate, ancillary |
| prattle | (v) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble (n) baby talk, babble (syn) (v) chatter; (n) twaddle, gibberish, piffle |
| rebut | (v) to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion ; to refute (syn) disprove, confute, shoot holes in (ant) confirm, corroborate, substantiate |
| reprimand | (v) scold; find fault with; (n) a rebuke (syn) (v) reprove, reproach; (n) reproof (ant) (v) praise, pat on the back |
| servitude | (n) slavery, forced labor (syn) captivity, bondage, thralldom (ant) freedom, liberty |
| slapdash | (adj) careless and hasty (syn) cursory, perfunctory, sloppy, slipshod (ant) painstaking, meticulous, thorough, in-depth |
| stagnant | (adj) not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive sluggish, dull (syn) still, motionless, inert, fetid (ant) flowing, running, fresh, sweet |
| sucumb | (v) to give way to superior, yield (syn) submit, die, expire (ant) overcome, master, conquer |
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