Unit 5

Question 1

A person who takes part in a crime

Answer 1

Accomplice

Question 2

To destroy completely

Answer 2

Annihilate

Question 3

Unreasonable; based on one’s wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness

Answer 3

Arbitrary

Question 4

Shameless, impudent; made of brass

Answer 4

Brazen

Question 5

A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change

Answer 5

Catalyst

Question 6

A large-scale departure or flight

Answer 6

Exodus

Question 7

To make easier; to assist

Answer 7

Facilitate

Question 8

Not able to be corrected; beyond control

Answer 8

Incorrigible

Question 9

Hidden, present but not realized

Answer 9

Latent

Question 10

Given or fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause

An activist

Answer 10

Militant

Question 11

Having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable

Answer 11

Morose

Question 12

Not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid

Answer 12

Opaque

Question 13

Chief in importance, above all others

Answer 13

Paramount

Question 14

To talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble

Baby talk; babble

Answer 14

Prattle

Question 15

To offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion; to refute

Answer 15

Rebut

Question 16

To scold; find fault with

A rebuke

Answer 16

Reprimand

Question 17

Slavery, forced labor

Answer 17

Servitude

Question 18

Careless and hasty

Answer 18

Slapdash

Question 19

Not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive

Answer 19

Stagnant

Question 20

To give way to superior force, yield

Answer 20

Succumb