Level D Unit 5

Quiz: Friday, January 17, 2014Test: Friday, January 24, 2014

1. Accomplice - NounO A person who takes part in a crime

O Syn: partner in crime, confederate

O Ant: NA

2. annihilate - VerbO To destroy completely

O Syn: obliterate, demolish

O Ant: foster, promote, encourage, nurture

3. Arbitrary - AdjO Unreasonable; based on one’s

wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness

O Syn: high-handed

O Ant: reasoned, rational, objective, equitable

4. Brazen - AdjectiveO Shameless, impudent; made of brass

O Syn: saucy, bold

O Ant: respectful, self-serving

5. catalyst - Noun

OA substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes changes

OSyn: stimulus, spur, instigatorOAnt: NA

6. exodus - Noun

O A large-scale departure or flight

O Syn: emigration, escape

O Ant: immigration, influx, arrival, entrance

7. facilitate - VerbO To make easier; to assist

O Syn: ease, smooth the way, simplify

O Ant: hamper, hinder, obstruct

8. Incorrigible - AdjO Not able to be corrected; beyond

control

O Syn: unruly, incurable

O Ant: docile, curable

9. latent - AdjO Hidden, present but not realized

O Syn: dormant, inactive, undeveloped

O Ant: exposed, manifest, evident

10. militantO Adj: given to

fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause

O Syn: assertive

O Ant: unassertive, passive

O Noun: an activist

O Syn: NAO Ant: NA

11. morose - AdjO Having a gloomy or sullen manner;

not friendly or sociable

O Syn: morbid, doleful

O Ant: cheerful, jaunty

12. Opaque - AdjO Not letting light through; not clear or

lucid; dense, stupid

O Syn: hazy, cloudy, foggy, dull

O Ant: transparent, clear, bright, perceptive

13. Paramount - AdjO Chief in importance, above all others

O Syn: supreme, foremost, primary, dominant

O Ant: secondary, subordinate

14. prattle

Verb Noun

O To talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble

O Syn: chatter

O Ant: NA

O Baby talk; babble

O Syn: gibberish

O Ant: NA

15. rebut - VerbO To offer arguments or evidence that

contradicts an assertion; to refute

O Syn: disprove, shoot holes in

O Ant: confirm, corroborate, substantiate

16. reprimand

verb noun

O To scold, find fault with

O Syn: reprove, reproach

O Ant: praise, pat on the back

O A rebuke

O Syn: reproof

O Ant: pat on the back

17. Servitude - NounO Slavery, forced labor

O Syn: captivity, bondage

O Ant: freedom, liberty

18. Slapdash - AdjO Careless and hasty

O Syn: cursory, sloppy, slipshod

O Ant: painstaking, thorough, in-depth

19. Stagnant - AdjO Not running or flowing; foul from

standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull

O Syn: still, motionless, inert

O Ant: flowing, running, fresh, sweet

20. Succumb - VO To give way to superior force, yield

O Syn: submit, die, dessert

O Ant: overcome, master, conquer