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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Vocabulary #3

Accomplice: a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate.
Annihilate: to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly
Arbitrary: subject to individual will or judgment without restriction
Brazen: shameless or impudent
Catalyst: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change
Exodus: a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people
Facilitate: to make easier or less difficult
Incorrigible: not easily swayed or influenced
Latent: present but not visible, apparent, or actualized
Militant: vigorously active and aggressive
Morose: gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
Opaque: not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
Paramount: above others in rank or authority; superior in power or jurisdiction.
Prattle: to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
Rebut: to oppose by contrary proof.
Reprimand: a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
Servitude: compulsory service or labor as a punishment for criminals
Slapdash: hasty and careless
Stagnant: not flowing or running
Succumb: to give way to superior force

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