Unit 8 Flashcards by Isabella J | Brainscape

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To turn bottom side up, upset

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Capsize

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Not usual, not typical, strange

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Abnormal

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A large scale disaster, misfortune, or failure

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Catastrophe

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To become or make less

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Decrease

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A lessening

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Decrease

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Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate

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Disputatious

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To drive or throw out, evict

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Eject

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To grow, thrive, be prosperous; to wave in the air

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Flourish

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A dramatic gesture; a fanfare of horns

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Flourish

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A reason for doing something; something that stimulates action

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Incentive

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Disobedient, rebellious

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Insubordinate

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Easily read

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Legible

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The central point or heart of a matter; a knob

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Nub

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A violent attack; a sudden rush of something

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Onslaught

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To establish by law; to order or command; to appoint S a priest or minister; to destine

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Ordain

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To get ahead of, do better than, exceed

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Outstrip

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To spread throughout

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Pervade

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Cautious, careful, showing book sense

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Prudent

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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

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Swerve

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A sharp or sudden turn

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Swerve

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S for abnormal

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Freakish, unnatural, irregular, anomalous

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S for capsize

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Overturn, upend, tip over

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S for catastrophe

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Calamity, tragedy, cataclysm

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S for decrease

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Lessen, reduce, dwindle, diminish

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S for disputatious

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Argumentative, quarrelsome, contentious

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S for eject

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Oust, expel, kick out

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S for flourish

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Prosper, burgeon, increase

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S for incentive

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Stimulus, spur, motive, inducement

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S for insubordinate

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Defiant, unruly, mutinous

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S for legible

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Readable, clear, decipherable

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S for nub

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Core, kernel, nucleus, crux

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S for onslaught

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Assault, charge, foray, onset

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S for ordain

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Anoint, consecrate, enact, decree

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S for outstrip

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Outdo, outperform, outdistance, surpass

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S for pervade

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Saturate, permeate, diffuse, imbue

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S for prudent

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Wary, sensible, judicious

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S for quench

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Douse, stifle, slake

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S for remnant

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Remainder, residue, leftover, fragment

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S for simultaneous

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Occurring at the same time, concurrent

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S for swerve

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Veer, distress, sheer off

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A for abnormal

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Normal, usual, regular, typical

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A for capsize

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Remain upright

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A for catastrophe

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Triumph, victory, success

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A for decrease

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Increase, grow, develop, wax

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A for disputatious

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Non-argumentative, peaceable, pacific

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A for eject

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Admit, let it, insert

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A for flourish

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Wither, die, fade, shrivel up

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A for incentive

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curb, check, restraint, hindrance

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A for insubordinate

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Obedient, submissive, docile, tractable

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A for legible

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Unreadable, indecipherable

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A for nub

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Fringe, periphery, edge

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A for ordain

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Forbid, veto, cancel

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A for outstrips

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Trail, lag behind

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A for prudent

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Foolish, unwise, rash, reckless

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A for quench

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Ignite, kindle

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A for simultaneous

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Occurring at different times