Unit 5D

Unit 5D

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accomplice

n. a person who takes part in a crime

annihilate

v. to destroy completely

arbitrary

adj unreasonable, based on one's own wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness

brazen

adj made of brass shameless, impudent

catalyst

n a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change

Exodus

n a large-scale departure or flight

facilitate

v to make easier, assist

incorrigible

adj not able to be corrected, beyond control

Multiple Choice

Criminals deemed ____ can expect to receive maximum sentences for their offenses against society.

• brazen

• incorrigible

• arbitrary

• accomplice

Multiple Choice

Seeing slavery firsthand was such a ___ in young Abraham Lincoln's life that he developed a lifelong opposition to it.

• accomplice

• facilitate

• catalyst

• exodus

• incorrigible

Multiple Choice

The Federal Reserve Board may lower interest rates in order to ___ economic growth.

• facilitate

• incorrigible

• exodus

• catalyst

• arbitrary

Multiple Choice

She made the only A in the class and was so ____ about announcing it that no one really cared anymore.

• catalyst

• accomplice

• facilitating

• brazen

• arbitrary

latent

adj hidden, present but not realized

militant

adj given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; n an activist

morose

adj having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable

opaque

adj not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense

Multiple Choice

She felt that her parents' decision not to let her go to the dance was ___ and unfair.

• incorrigible

• brazen

• arbitrary

• exodus

• militant

Multiple Choice

My sister _____ me with my homework so I could better understand the problems.

• annihilated

• accompliced

• latented

• facilitated

• exodused

Multiple Choice

Heathcliff is the ___ and vengeful protagonist in the story who always makes people feel horrible.

• militant

• brazen

• latent

• opaque

• morose

Multiple Choice

In the struggle for civil rights, Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated peaceful rather than ___ protest.

• militant

• latent

• opaque

• incorrigible

• catalyst

paramount

adj chief in importance, above all others

prattle

v to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way 

rebut

v to offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion, to refute

reprimand

v to scold, find fault with, a rebuke

Multiple Choice

Some people can_____away on the phone for hours.

• paramount

• annihilate

• prattle

• latent

• facilitate

servitude

n slavery, forced labor

slapdash

adj careless and hasty

succumb

v to give way to superior force, yield

Multiple Choice

It is a defense lawyer's job to _____ the charges made by the prosecutor.

• facilitate

• brazen

• rebut

• paramount

• incorrigible

stagnant

adj not running or flowing, foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull

Multiple Choice

If you want to see change, be the _______ for change.

• latent

• catalyst

• opaque

• paramount

• reprimand

Multiple Choice

The boy got in trouble for always _____ everything the teacher taught us about history.

• reprimanding

• rebutting

• militant

• morosing

• prattling

Multiple Choice

The colonists were upset by the _____tax on tea and dumped it in the Boston Harbor.

• arbitrary

• paramount

• anihillated

• exodus

• morose

Multiple Choice

The _____face of the little girl led everyone to believe she was lost in the airport.

• arbitrary

• exodus

• morose

• latent

• morose

Multiple Choice

Most kids will ______ to peer pressure sometimes in their lives.

• brazen

• succumb