Vocab 5s Flashcards
(20 cards)
accomplice
a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing, often as a subordinate
annihilate
to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence;
destroy collective existence or main body of
arbitrary
subject to individual will or judgment without restriction
decided by a judge or arbiter
having unlimited power, uncontrolled or unrestricted by law
capricious unreasonable
brazen
shameless or impudent
made of brass
like brass, as in sound, color, or strength
catalyst
chemistry a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction
something that causes activity between two or more persons
a person or thing precipitates an event or change
exodus
a going out, departure or emigration, usually a large number of people
the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses
the second book of the Bible
facilitate
to make easier or less difficult, help forward
to assist the progress of
incorrigible
not corrigible, bad beyond correction or reform
impervious to constraints or punishments
firmly fixed, not easily changed
not easily swayed by influence
latent
present but not visible apparent or actualized existing as potential
Pathol. remaining in an inactive or hidden phase dormant
Psychol. existing in unconscious or dormant form
militant
vigorously active and aggressive especially in support of a cause
engaged in warfare, fighting
morose
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood
characterized by or expressing gloom
opaque
not transparent or translucent, impenetrable light
is not transmitting radiation, sound, heat
not shining bright, dark, dull
hard to understand
paramount
chief in importance, supreme, preeminent
above all ranks authority, power or jurisdiction
prattle
to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way, chatter, babble to utter by chattering or babbling the act of prattling chatter, babble a babbling sound
rebut
to refute by evidence or argument
to oppose by contrary proof
reprimand
a severe reproof or rebuke especially by a person in authority
to rebuke severely especially in a formal way
servitude
slavery or bondage of any kind
compulsory service or labor as a punishment for criminals
law a right possessed by one person to use another’s property
slapdash
in a hasty, haphazard manner
hasty careless
stagnant
not flowing or running, as water, air
stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water
characterized by lack of development, advancement
inactive sluggish dull
succumb
to give way to superior
to yield to disease, wounds, old age, die
