Unit 5 - Sadlier Connect Vocabulary Workshop Level D

Accomplice

(n.) a person who takes part in a crime

Synonym: Partner in crime

Annihilate

(v.) to destroy completely

Synonyms: obliterate, decimate

Arbitrary

(adj.) unreasonable; based on one’s wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness

Synonyms: capricious, high-handed, autocratic

Brazen

(adj.) shameless, impudent; made of brass

Synonyms: saucy, bold

Catalyst

(n.) a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change

Synonyms: stimulus, spur, instigator

Exodus

(n.) a large-scale departure or flight

Synonyms: escape, hegira

Facilitate

(v.) to make easier; to assist

Synonyms: ease, smooth the way, simplify

Incorrigible

(adj.) not able to be corrected; beyond control

Synonyms: unruly, intractable, incurable, inveterate

Latent

(adj.) hidden, present but not realized

Synonyms: dormant, inactive, undeveloped

Militant

(adj.) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n.) an activist

Synonyms: (adj.) truculent

Morose

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

Synonyms: morbid

Opaque

(adj.) not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense

Synonyms: hazy, cloudy, murky, foggy, obtuse, dull

Paramount

(adj.) chief in importance, above all others

Synonyms: supreme, primary, dominant

Prattle

(v.) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; (n.) baby talk; babble

Synonyms: (n.) twaddle, gibberish, piffle

Rebut

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

synonyms: disprove, confute, shoot holes in

Reprimand

(v.) to scold; find fault with; (n.) a rebuke

Synonyms: (v.) reproach; (n.) reproof

Servitude

(n.) slavery, forced labor

Synonyms: bondage, thralldom

Slapdash

(adj.) careless and hasty

Synonyms: cursory, perfunctory, slipshod

Stagnant

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

Synonyms: still, motionless, inert, sluggish, dull

Succumb

(v.) to give way to superior force, yield

Synonyms: submit, die, expire