- A few months after the crime took place, the gunman and his accomplice were caught by the LAPD.
2) Annihilate (v) -to destroy the collective existence or main body of; destroy utterly
- Six million Jews were annihilated during World War II as a result of Adolf Hitler being in power.
3) Arbitrary (adj) -subject to individual will or judgement without restriction
- The jury's arbitrary statements led to the confirmation of the man being accused of murder to be found guilty.
4) Brazen (adj) -shameless or impudent
- Many elders don't approve of people who live a brazen life.
5) Catalyst (n) -a person or thing that precipitates an event or change
6) Exodus (n) -a going out a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people
- Once the fire alarm sounded, students made a mass exodus from the school building.
7) Facilitate (v) -to make easier or less difficult; help forward, to assist the progress
- Since i was vice president, i was asked to help facilitate the meeting.
8) Incorrigible (adj) -bad beyond correction or reform
- Once he sobered up, he learned that the drugs caused him to do many things that were incorrigible.
9) Latent (adj) -present but not visible, apparent, existing as potential
- The teacher was latent with late work, and allowed the students to turn it in a few days after it was due.
10) Militant (adj) -vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause
- Police arrested 13 militants they said had been preparing to provoke madness.
11) Morose (adj) -gloomily or sullenly ill, humored as a person or mood
- At the game , the home fans celebrated as if they'd won and we look so morose you'd think we lost.
12) Opaque (adj) -not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light
- Sometimes i feel as if my explanations are to opaque and they need some clarification.
13) Paramount (adj) -chief in importance or impact; supreme above others in rank or authority
- Her results in the text , like always , paramount while other students needed more help.
14) Prattle (v) -to talk in a foulish or simple-minded way
- The way she prattled about everything made her sound somewhat ignorant.
15) Rebut (v) -to refute by evidence or argument to oppose by contrary proof
- No matter what was stated, we processed to rebut his claims to prove him guilty.
16) Reprimand (n) -a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority
- Having received countless reprimands I still knew that I had to stick my her side through these tough times and prove his innocence.
17) Servitude (n) -slavery or bondage of any kind
- In a way, a maid's or housekeepers servitude is very similar to living the lifestyle of a slave ; very little pay and no physical threats but worse ones- emotional ones.
18) Slapdash (adv) -in a hasty manner, careless
- Her slapdash actions cause her mother to take her phone away until she managed to improve her careless behavior.
19) Stagnant (adj) -not flowing or running as water, air stale or foul from standing
20) Succumb (v) - to give way to superior force; to yield to disease, wounds, old age
- After many years of fighting cancer, she had succumb and stopped fighting which only left her a few days left to live.
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