Flashcards
Vocabulary Chapter 5 Quiz
Cards in this deck (20)
- 1accompliceA person who takes part in a crime
- 2annihilateTo destroy completely
- 3arbitraryunreasonable, based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness.
- 4brazenshameless, impudent, made of brass
- 5catalystA substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change.
- 6exodusa large scale departure or flight
- 7facillitateto make easier; to assist
- 8in corrigablenot able to be corrected; beyond control
- 9latentHidden, present but not realized
- 10militantgiven to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; an activist.
- 11morosehaving a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable.
- 12opaquenot letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid.
- 13paramountchief in importance, above all others
- 14prattleto babble
- 15rebutto offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion
- 16reprimandto scold
- 17servitudeslavery, forced labor
- 18slapdashcareless and hasty
- 19stagnantnot running or flowing, foul
- 20succumbto give way to a superior force