Vocabulary Workshop – Level D – Unit 5 – Flashcards
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catalyst
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(n.) a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction any agent that causes change - SYNONYMS: stimulus, spur, instigator
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exodus
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(n.) a large-scale departure or flight - SYNONYMS: emigration, escape, hegira; ANTONYMS: immigration, influx, arrival, entrance
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facilitate
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(v) to make easier, assist - SYNONYMS: ease, smooth the way, simplify; ANTONYMS: hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede
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incorrigible
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(adj.) not able to to be corrected; beyond control - SYNONYMS: unruly, intractable, incurable, inveterate; ANTONYMS: tractable, docile, curable, reparable
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latent
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(adj.) hidden, present but not realized - SYNONYMS: dormant, inactive, undeveloped; ANTONYMS: exposed, manifest, evident
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militant
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(adj.) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n.) an activist - SYNONYMS: (adj.) truculent; ANTONYMS: (adj.) unassertive, peaceable, passive
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morose
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(adj.) having gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable - SYNONYMS: morbid, doleful; ANTONYMS: cheerful, blithe, jaunty, buoyant
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opaque
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(adj.) not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid - SYNONYMS: hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky, dull, obtuse; ANTONYMS: transparent, clear, bright, perceptive
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paramount
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(adj.) chief in importance, above all others - SYNONYMS: supreme, foremost, primary, dominant; ANTONYMS: secondary, subordinate, ancillary
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prattle
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(v.) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; (n.) baby talk; babble - SYNONYMS: (v.) chatter; (n.) twaddle, gibberish, piffle
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rebut
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(v.) to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute - SYNONYMS: disprove, confute, shoot holes in; ANTONYMS: confirm, corroborate, substantiate
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reprimand
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(v.) to scold; find fault with; (n.) a rebuke - SYNONYMS: (v.) reprove, reproach; (n.) reproof; ANTONYMS: (v.) praise, pat on the back
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servitude
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(n.) slavery, forced labor - SYNONYMS: captivity, bondage, thralldom; ANTONYMS: freedom, liberty
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slapdash
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(adj.) careless and hasty - SYNONYMS: cursory, perfunctory, sloppy, slipshod; ANTONYMS: painstaking, meticulous, thorough, in-depth
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stagnant
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(adj.) not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull - SYNONYMS: still, motionless, inert, fetid; ANTONYMS: flowing, running, fresh, sweet
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succumb
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(v.) to give way to superior force, yield - SYNONYMS: submit, die, expire; ANTONYMS: overcome, master, conquer
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