level d, unit 5. (adj.) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed criminals deemed...
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(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