Unit 8 Synonyms Flashcards

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overturn, upend, tip over

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capsize

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calamity, tragedy, cataclysm

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catastrophe

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(v.) lessen, reduce, dwindle, diminish

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decrease

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argumentative, quarrelsome, contentious

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disputatious

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oust, expel, kick out

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eject

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(v.) prosper, burgeon, increase

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flourish

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stimulus, spur, motive, inducement

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incentive

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defiant, unruly, mutinous

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insubordinate

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readable, clear, decipherable

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legible

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core, kernel, nucleus, crux

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nub

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assault, charge, foray, onset

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onslaught

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anoint, consecrate, enact, decree

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ordain

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outdo, outperform, outdistance, surpass

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outstrip

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saturate, permeate, diffuse, imbue

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pervade

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wary, sensible, judicious

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prudent

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douse, stifle, slake

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quench

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remainder, residue, leftover, fragment

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remnant

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occurring at the same time, concurrent

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simultaneous

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(v.) veer, digress, sheer off

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swerve

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freakish, unnatural, irregular, anomalous

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abnormal