Vocabulary Lesson 5 Flashcards

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Annihilate

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To destroy completely

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Accomplice

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A person who takes part in a crime

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Arbitrary

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Unreasonable, based on ones wishes or whims without regard to reason or fairness

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Brazen

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Shameless, impudent, made of brass

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Catalyst

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

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Exodus

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A large scale departure or flight

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Facilitate

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To make easier, to assist

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Incorrigible

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Not able to be corrected

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Latent

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Hidden, present but not realized

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Militant

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Given to fighting, active and aggressive in support of a cause, an activist

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Morose

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Having a gloomy or sullen manner, not friendly or sociable

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Opaque

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

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Paramount

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Chief in importance, above all others

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Prattle

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

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Rebut

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

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Reprimand

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To scold. To find fault with,.

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Servitude

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Slavery, forced labor

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Slapdash

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Careless and hasty

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Stagnant

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Not running or flowing , foul from standing still, inactive

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Succumb

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To give way to superior force, yield