Level D, Unit 5

(adj.) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed

Criminals deemed incorrigible can expect to receive maximum sentences for their offenses.

S: unruly, incurable A: docile, curable

(n.) a mass departure of people, especially emigrants

The exodus of African Americans to the industrialized northern states is known as the Great Migration.

S: emigration, escape A: immigration, arrival

Exodus- departure of Israelites from slavery inEgypt

(v.) to offer arguments / evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute

It is a defense lawyer’s job to rebut the charges made by the prosecution.

S: disprove A: confirm

(v.) to completely destroy / defeat Some members of my family really

know how to annihilate pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.

S: obliterate A: nurture

(v.) to make easier; to assist The Federal Reserve Board may lower

interest rates in order to facilitate economic growth.

S: ease A: hinder

(adj.) unreasonable; based on wishes or whims without regard for reason/fairness

A judge may be criticized for rulings that appear to be arbitrary and without legal precedent.

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(adj.) shameless, impudent; made of brass

Brazen behavior in one era maybe deemed perfectly acceptable in another.

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(adj.) hidden, present but not realized

Isn’t it unfortunate that many people only use a small fraction of their latent abilities?

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(adj.) not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid

I have read that book twice, but I still find the author’s meaning completely opaque.

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(adj.) chief in importance, above all others

Voters should insist that candidates for high office address the paramount issues facing our society.

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(v.) to give way to superior force, yield

Most dieters occasionally succumb to the lure of dessert.

S: submit A: overcome

(adj.) not running / flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull

It is dangerous for hikers to drink water from any source that appears stagnant.

S: still A: flowing, fresh

This is a stagnant canal in the Netherlands.

(adj.) careless & hasty

Landlords who routinely make slapdash repairs should be considered negligent.

S: sloppy, slipshod A: meticulous,

thorough

(n.) slavery, forced labor

In Les Miserables, Jean is sentenced to many years of servitude for stealing a loaf of bread.

S: captivity, enslavement

A: freedom, liberty

“Regardless of their country of origin, many early immigrants were indentured servants, people who sold their labor in exchange for passage to the New World and housing on their arrival. Initially, most laws passed concerned indentured servants, but around the middle of the seventeenth century, colonial laws began to reflect differences between indentured servants and slaves. More important, the laws began to differentiate between races: the association of ‘servitude for natural life’ with people of African descent became common.”

Credible source: Law Library of Congress, from: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awlaw3/slavery.html

(v.) to scold; find fault withA judge may need to

reprimand a lawyer for repeatedly harassing a witness.

(n.) a scolding; a rebukeAn employee who

frequently violates a company policy may receive a written reprimand.

S: admonish A: praise

(v.) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way Some people can

prattle away on the phone for hours.

S: chatter (n.) baby talk; babble

Over time, recognizable words become part of a toddler’s cheerful prattle.

S: gibberish

The Talking Twins prattle to each other.

(adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable

Heathcliff is the morose and vengeful protagonist in Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights.

S: morbid A: cheerful

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(adj.) given to fighting; active & aggressive in support of a cause In the struggle for civil rights, Martin Luther

King, Jr., advocated peaceful rather than militant protest.

A: peaceable, passive, unassertive (n.) an activist

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a militant in the fight for woman suffrage.

(n.) a substance that causes a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change

Enzymes are catalysts that aid in the digestion of food.

S: stimulus

(n.) a person who takes part in a crime

The driver of the getaway car was arrested and tried as an accomplice in the daring bank robbery.

S: partner in crime