freshman vocab

unit 5

accomplice

(n) a person who takes part in a crime

annihilate

(v) to destroy completely

arbitrary

(adj) unreasonable, based ones wishes or whims without regard or reason or fairness

brazen

(adj) shameless, impudent made of brass

catalyst

(n) a substance that causes or hasten a chemical reaction any agent that causes change

exodus

(n) a large scale departure or flight

facilitate

(v) to make easier, to assist

incorrigible

(adj) not able to be corrected, beyond control

militant

(adj) given to fight active and aggressive in support of a cause

(n) in activist

latent

(adj) hidden, present but not realized

morose

(adj) having a gloomy or sullen manner not friendly or sociable

opaque

(adj) not letting light through not clear or lucid dense or stupid

paramount

(adj) chief in importance, above all others

prattle

(v) to talk in an aimless foolish or simple way to Babble

(n) baby talk, babble

rebut

(v) to offer arguments or evidence that contradict assertion to refute

reprimand

(v) to scold, find fault with

(n) a rebuke

servitude

(n) slavery, forced labor

slapdash

(adj) careless and hasty

stagnant

(adj) not running or flowing, foul from standing still, inactive

succumb

(v) to give away to Superior Force, veild