Vocabulary

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Vocabulary

• Level D, Unit 5

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incorrigible

• (adj.) not able to be corrected, improved, or
  reformed
• Criminals deemed incorrigible can expect to
  receive maximum sentences for their offenses.
• S unruly, incurable
• A docile, curable

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exodus

• (n.) a mass departure of people, especially
  emigrants
• The exodus of African Americans to the
  industrialized northern states is known as the
  Great Migration.
• S emigration, escape
• A immigration, arrival
• Exodus- departure of
• Israelites from slavery in
• Egypt

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rebut

• (v.) to offer arguments / evidence that
  contradicts an assertion to refute
• It is a defense lawyers job to rebut the charges
  made by the prosecution.
• S disprove
• A confirm

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annihilate

• (v.) to completely destroy / defeat
• Some members of my family really know how to
  annihilate pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.
• S obliterate
• A nurture

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facilitate

• (v.) to make easier to assist
• The Federal Reserve Board may lower interest
  rates in order to facilitate economic growth.
• S ease
• A hinder

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arbitrary

• (adj.) unreasonable based on wishes or whims
  without regard for reason/fairness
• A judge may be criticized for rulings that appear
  to be arbitrary and without legal precedent.
• Synonyms?
• Antonyms?

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brazen

• (adj.) shameless, impudent made of brass
• Brazen behavior in one era maybe deemed perfectly
  acceptable in another.
• Synonyms?
• Antonyms?

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latent

• (adj.) hidden, present but not realized
• Isnt it unfortunate that many people only use a
  small fraction of their latent abilities?
• Synonyms?
• Antonyms?

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opaque

• (adj.) not letting light through not clear or
  lucid dense, stupid
• I have read that book twice, but I still find the
  authors meaning completely opaque.
• Synonyms?
• Antonyms?

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paramount

• (adj.) chief in importance, above all others
• Voters should insist that candidates for high
  office address the paramount issues facing our
  society.
• Synonyms?
• Antonyms?

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succumb

• (v.) to give way to superior force, yield
• Most dieters occasionally succumb to the lure of
  dessert.
• S submit
• A overcome

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stagnant

• (adj.) not running / flowing foul from standing
  still inactive, sluggish, dull
• It is dangerous for hikers to drink water from
  any source that appears stagnant.
• S still
• A flowing, fresh

This is a stagnant canal in the Netherlands.
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slapdash

• (adj.) careless hasty
• Landlords who routinely make slapdash repairs
  should be considered negligent.
• S sloppy, slipshod
• A meticulous, thorough

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servitude

• (n.) slavery, forced labor
• In Les Miserables, Jean is sentenced to many
  years of servitude for stealing a loaf of bread.
• S captivity, enslavement
• A freedom, liberty

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SLAVERY servitude

• Regardless of their country of origin, many
  early immigrants were indentured servants, people
  who sold their labor in exchange for passage to
  the New World and housing on their arrival.
  Initially, most laws passed concerned indentured
  servants, but around the middle of the
  seventeenth century, colonial laws began to
  reflect differences between indentured servants
  and slaves. More important, the laws began to
  differentiate between races the association of
  servitude for natural life with people of
  African descent became common.
• Credible source Law Library of Congress, from
  http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awlaw3/slavery
  .html

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reprimand

• (v.) to scold find fault with
• A judge may need to reprimand a lawyer for
  repeatedly harassing a witness.
• (n.) a scolding a rebuke
• An employee who frequently violates a company
  policy may receive a written reprimand.
• S admonish
• A praise

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prattle

• (v.) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple
  way
• Some people can prattle away on the phone for
  hours.
• S chatter
• (n.) baby talk babble
• Over time, recognizable words become part of a
  toddlers cheerful prattle.
• S gibberish

The Talking Twins prattle to each other.
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morose

• (adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner not
  friendly or sociable
• Heathcliff is the morose and vengeful protagonist
  in Emily Brontes novel Wuthering Heights.
• S morbid
• A cheerful

Wednesday Addams
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militant

• (adj.) given to fighting active aggressive in
  support of a cause
• In the struggle for civil rights, Martin Luther
  King, Jr., advocated peaceful rather than
  militant protest.
• A peaceable, passive, unassertive
• (n.) an activist
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a militant in the
  fight for woman suffrage.

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catalyst

• (n.) a substance that causes a chemical reaction
  any agent that causes change
• Enzymes are catalysts that aid in the digestion
  of food.
• S stimulus

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accomplice

• (n.) a person who takes part in a crime
• The driver of the getaway car was arrested and
  tried as an accomplice in the daring bank
  robbery.
• S partner in crime