Definitions Flashcards
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Large scale disaster, misfortune, or failure
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Catastrophe
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Not usual, not typical, strange
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Abnormal
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Argumentative, quarrelsome, contentious
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Disputatious
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A reason for doing something; something that stimulates actions
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Incentive
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The central point or heart of a matter; a knob
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Nub
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To establish by law; to order or command; to appoint as a prime minister; to destine
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Ordain
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To spread throughout
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Pervade
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To put out, extinguish, end
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Quench
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A small part remaining behind
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Remnant
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Happening or existing at the same time
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Simultaneous
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To turn aside sharply; sharp or sudden turn
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Swerve
