Unit 7 synonyms Flashcards

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abhor

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detest, despise, abominate

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amend

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modify, improve, correct

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buffet

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batter, sock, thump, pummel, toss about

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chaos

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anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium

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commodious

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comfortable, ample. capacious

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corrosive

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caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful

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discern

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perceive, detect, distinguish

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extant

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surviving, in existence

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implicate

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incriminate, entangle

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martinet

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taskmaster, slave driver

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obviate

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preclude, forestall, ward off

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renegade

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turncoat, defector, heretic

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reprehensible

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objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious

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somber

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mournful, dismal

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squalid

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dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject

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turbulent

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tumultuous, unruly, agitated

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vociferous

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clamorous, uproarious, blustering

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voluminous

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bulky, massive, copious, plentiful

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waive

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decline, relinquish, forgo