Unit 1 Synonyms Flashcards by mary w | Brainscape

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(v.) dismount, descend, land, touch off

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alight

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alongside, nearby, neighboring

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adjacent

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unproductive, sterile, desolate, arid

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barren

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upset, displace, disorder

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disrupt

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ruling house, regime

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dynasty

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preview, anticipation

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foretaste

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sprout, shoot up, grow, burgeon

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germinate

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monotonous, uneventful, prosaic, boring

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humdrum

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speed, fly, race, catapult, fling

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hurtle

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imply, intimate

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insinuate

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never-ending, ceaseless

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interminable

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question, query

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interrogate

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(v.) repay; (n.) compensation

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recompense

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repair, fix up, recondition

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renovate

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synopsis, job history

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résumé

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grumpy, surly, peevish, morose

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sullen

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(v.) dribble, drizzle, drip; (n.) small amount

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trickle

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insignificant, petty, trifling

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trivial

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cease-fire, armistice

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truce

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wicked, malicious, savage

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vicious