Chapters 1 + 2 1/2 Synomyms Flashcards by Isabella Costanzo | Brainscape

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Alight

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Dismount, descend, land, touch, down

Mount, ascend, board, take off

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Adjacent

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Alongside, nearby, neighboring

Faraway distant: remote

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Barren

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Unproductive, sterile, desolate, arid

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Disrupt

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Upset, displace, disorder

Organize, arrange

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Dynasty

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Ruling house, regime

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Foretaste

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Preview, anticipation

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Germinate

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Sprout, shoot up, grow, burgeon

Wither, die, stagnate, shrivel up

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Hurtle

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Speed, fly, race, catapult, fling

Crawl, creep

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Humdrum

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Montonous, uneventful, prosaic, boring

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Insinuate

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Imply, immitate

Bathe in, broadcast

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Interrogate

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Question, query

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Recompense

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Repay; Compensation

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Renovate

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Reapr, fix up, recondition

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Rèsumè

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Synopsis, job history

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Trickle

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Dribble, drizzle, drip: Small amount

Gush, pour , food: Deluge

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Truce

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Cease fire, armistice

War, warfare, fighting

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Vicious

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Wicked, malicious, savage

Good, kind, kindly, mild, harmless

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Available

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Obtainable, on hand

Unavailable, not to be on hand

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Cater

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Pamper, gratify, indulge