Lesson 19 Flashcards

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Culminate
1 verb
2 noun, culmination

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1 to reach or bring to the highest point

2 the result of a sustained effort; the high point or climax

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Bulwark

1&2 noun

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1 A wall-like structure used as a defense

2 A person or thing that protects or defends

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Engulf

1 verb

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1 to swallow up by covering completely; to overwhelm

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Feasible

1 verb

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1 able to be done; possible or likely

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Glut
1 noun
2&3 verb

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1 a much larger supply than is needed
2 to supply a much larger amount than is needed
3 to eat or consume to excess

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Havoc

1&2 noun

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1 Widespread destruction or devastation

2 great confusion

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Impregnable

1 adjective

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1 impossible to attack successfully

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Indefatigable

1 adjective

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1 not easily made tired; tireless

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Onslaught

1 noun

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1 a fierce attack

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Phenomenon
1&2 noun
3 adjective, phenomenal

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1 any fact or event that can be observed or described
2 an unusual fact, event, or person
3 extraordinary; very unusual

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Picturesque

1 adjective

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1 like a picture; pleasing or charming to look at

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Simultaneous

1 adjective

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1 happening or existing at the same time

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Stipulate

1 verb

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1 to require as part of an agreement or contract

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Susceptible

1 adjective

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1 open or subject to; easily influenced or affected by

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Wrest

1&2 verb

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1 to pull away from with a twist

2 to take by force or as if by force

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Synonym

Climax; height; limit

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Culmination

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Synonym

Tireless; relentless; patient

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Indefatigable

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Synonym

Fierce attack; assault; offense

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Onslaught

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Synonym

Extraordinary; outstanding; remarkable

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Phenomenal

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Synonym

Overwhelmed; swallowed; covered

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Engulfed

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Synonym

Defense; barrier; Fortress

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Bulwark

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Antonym

Pittance; lack; insufficiency

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Glut

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Antonym

Weak; vulnerable; destructible

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Impregnable

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Antonym

Normality; regularity; simplicity

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Phenomenon

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Antonym

Resistant; fighting; against

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Susceptible

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Antonym

Reduce; abstain; repress

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Glutted