| A | B |
|---|
| servitude | slavery, forced labor |
| incorrigible | not able to be corrected; beyond control |
| facilitate | to make easier; to assist |
| opaque | not letting light through; not clear; dense, stupid |
| stagnant | not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull |
| militant (n) | an activist |
| militant (adj) | given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause |
| accomplice | a person who takes part in a crime |
| paramount | chief in importance, above all others |
| exodus | a large-scale departure or flight |
| brazen | made of brass; shameless |
| slapdash | careless and hasty |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| prattle | to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble |
| reprimand | to scold; find fault with |
| arbitrary | unreasonable; based on oneÕs wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness |
| catalyst | a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change |
| morose | having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
| latent | hidden, present but not realized |
| succumb | to give way to a superior force, yield |
| rebut | to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts a statement; to refute |
