Friday, September 6, 2013

Vocab #3

accomplice:
a person who helps another commit a crime. 

annihilate: 
destroy

arbitrary:
based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system. brazen:
 

 catalyst:a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself 

exodus:
 
a mass departure of people, esp. emigrants.

facilitate:
 
make (an action or process) easy or easier.

incorrigible:  (of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

latent:
 
(of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden; concealed.

 militant:   
combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause, and typically favoring extreme, violent, or confrontational methods.
"a militant nationalist"

morose:
 
sullen and ill-tempered.

 opaque:
 
not able to be seen through; not transparent.

 paramount:
 
more important than anything else; supreme.

 prattle:
  talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.
"she began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist"

 rebut:
 claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.


 reprimand:
 
a rebuke, esp. an official one.

 servitude:
 
the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful.

 slapdash:
 done too hurriedly and carelessly.


 stagnant:
 (of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence.

succumb: 
 fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).

No comments:

Post a Comment