Level D Unit 5 Quiz: Friday, January 17, 2014 Test: Friday, January 24, 2014
1. Accomplice - Noun O A person who takes part in a crime O Syn: partner in crime, confederate O Ant: NA
2. annihilate - Verb O To destroy completely O Syn: obliterate, demolish O Ant: foster, promote, encourage, nurture
3. Arbitrary - Adj O 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 - Adjective O Shameless, impudent; made of brass O Syn: saucy, bold O Ant: respectful, self-serving
5. catalyst - Noun O A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes changes O Syn: stimulus, spur, instigator O Ant: NA
6. exodus - Noun O A large-scale departure or flight O Syn: emigration, escape O Ant: immigration, influx, arrival, entrance
7. facilitate - Verb O To make easier; to assist O Syn: ease, smooth the way, simplify O Ant: hamper, hinder, obstruct
8. Incorrigible - Adj O Not able to be corrected; beyond control O Syn: unruly, incurable O Ant: docile, curable
9. latent - Adj O Hidden, present but not realized O Syn: dormant, inactive, undeveloped O Ant: exposed, manifest, evident
10. militant O 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: NA O Ant: NA
11. morose - Adj O Having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable O Syn: morbid, doleful O Ant: cheerful, jaunty
12. Opaque - Adj O Not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid O Syn: hazy, cloudy, foggy, dull O Ant: transparent, clear, bright, perceptive
13. Paramount - Adj O 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 - Verb O 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 - Noun O Slavery, forced labor O Syn: captivity, bondage O Ant: freedom, liberty
18. Slapdash - Adj O Careless and hasty O Syn: cursory, sloppy, slipshod O Ant: painstaking, thorough, in-depth
19. Stagnant - Adj O Not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull O Syn: still, motionless, inert O Ant: flowing, running, fresh, sweet
20. Succumb - V O To give way to superior force, yield O Syn: submit, die, dessert O Ant: overcome, master, conquer