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 in
Egypt
 (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.
 Synonyms?
 Antonyms?
 (adj.)
shameless, impudent; made of brass
 Brazen behavior in one era maybe deemed
perfectly acceptable in another.
 Synonyms?
 Antonyms?
 (adj.)
hidden, present
but not realized
 Isn’t it unfortunate
that many people
only use a small
fraction of their
latent abilities?
 Synonyms?
 Antonyms?
 (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.
 Synonyms?
 Antonyms?
 (adj.)
chief in
importance, above all
others
 Voters should insist
that candidates for
high office address
the paramount issues
facing our society.
 Synonyms?
 Antonyms?
 (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.)

A judge may need to
reprimand a lawyer for
repeatedly harassing a
witness.
 (n.)

to scold; find fault with
a scolding; a rebuke
An 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
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
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
Wednesday Addams
 (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