VOCABULARY #3 (Expos Writing Class)

Accomplice: a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing
The scammer and his accomplice both went to jail.

Annihilate: to utterly destroy
During the Holocaust, millions of Jews were annihilated

Arbitrary: based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system:
everyone made the arbitrary decision of taking a nap before getting ready for the party.

Brazen: shameless or imprudent
Showing too much skin with an outfit is a sing of a brazen attitude.

Catalyst: a person or thing that quickly causes change
Catalyst help the digestive system break down food faster.

Exodus: a going out, a departure
Jews people were forced to make a exodus departure from Jerusalem.

Facilitate: to make easier or less difficult
In studying this words, flashcards facilitate the job.

Incorrigible: bad beyond correction or reform
Drug addicts are said to be incorrigible.

Latent: present but not visible, hidden, concealed


Militant: vigorously active and aggressive
The protest was militantly lead to the white house.

Morose: gloomily or sullenly ill-humored
After the morose joke about he divorce, she decided to go home.

Opaque: not transparent or translucent
The reason the picture looked opaque was because it was low quality.  

Paramount: above others in rank or authority, very important
The teacher had a paramount presence over the class.

Prattle: talk in a foolish or simple-minded way
People who prattle ore often seen as not intelligent.

Rebut: claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false
The student tried to rebut that he was inexcusably late.

Reprimand: severe reproof or rebuke
A time out is a reprimand punishment for a kid.

Servitude: slavery or bondage of any kind
Africans were forced into servitude before the civil war.

Slapdash: hurriedly and carelessly
When students don't want to do their work, they do it in a slapdash way.

Stagnant: not flowing or running
Since the river is stagnant, all the fishes died.

Succumb: to give way to superior force
Harry Potter would not succumb to Voldemort's evil powers.