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Accomplice |
(n) a person who helps someone such as a criminal to do something wrong |
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Annihilate |
(v) to destroy something or someone completely |
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Arbitrary |
(adj) decided or arranged without any reason or plan, often unfairly |
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Brazen |
(adj) used to describe a person or the actions of a person who is not embarrassed about behaving in a wrong or immoral way |
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Catalyst |
(n) something or someone that causes an important change or event to happen |
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Exodus |
(n) a situation in which a lot of people leave a particular place at the same time |
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Facilitate |
(v) to make it easier for a process or activity to happen |
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Incorrigible |
(adj) someone who is incorrigible is bad in a way that cannot be changed or improved - often used humorously |
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Latent |
(adj) something that is latent is present but hidden, and may develop or become more noticeable in the future |
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Militant |
(adj, n) an organization or person willing to use strong or violent action in order to achieve political or social change |
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Morose |
(adj) bad-tempered, unhappy, and silent |
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Opaque |
(adj) glass or liquid that is difficult to see through and often thick |
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Paramount |
(adj) more important than anything else |
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Prattle |
(v) to talk continuously about silly and unimportant things (n) silly and unimportant things |
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Rebut |
(v) to prove that a statement or a charge made against you is false |
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Reprimand |
(v) to tell someone officially that something they have done is very wrong (n) a document telling someone officially that something they have done is very wrong |
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Servitude |
(n) the condition of being a slave or being forced to obey someone else |
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Slapdash |
(adj) careless and done too quickly |
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Stagnant |
(adj) not changing or making progress, and continuing to be in a bad condition; |
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Succumb |
(v) to stop opposing someone or something that is stronger than you, and allow them to take control |
