Vocab level 3 lesson 3 Flashcards

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Abolish, annual, nullify, invalidate, renege, repeal

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abrogate

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alleviate, assuage, calm, mitigate, quiet, ease, pacify

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allay

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freakish, grotesque, strange, ridiculous, weird, odd

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bizarre

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Bold, cheeky, audacious, foolhardy, impudent, presumptuous, rude

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brash

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encounter, meet, defy, face, resist, flout

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confront

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small, lilliputian, miniature, tiny, minuscule

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diminutive

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destroy, disassemble, raze, demolish, decimate, divest

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dismantle

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devastation, catastrophe, cataclysm, ruin

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havoc

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alarm, disgust, dismay, petrify, appall, daunt, intimidate

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horrify

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disproportionate, immoderate, unreasonable, excessive, unwarranted

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inordinate

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unquenchable, insistent, rapacious, ravenous, gluttonous, greedy, unappeaseable

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insatiable

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ebullient, unstoppable, uncontrollable, enthusiastic, in-suppressible

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irrepressible

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unchangeable, unalterable, permanent, constant, irreversible

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irrevocable

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adviser, guide, coach, teacher, trainer, tutor counselor

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mentor

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infinite, countless, immeasurable, incalculable, variable

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myriad

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anarchy, tumult, chaos, bedlam, ruckus

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pandemonium

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privilege, exemption, advantage, immunity, sanction, claim

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prerogative

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retort, pleasantry, mockery, joke, repartee, insult

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quip

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discordant, harsh, strident, cacophonous, hoarse, loud, dissonant

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raucous

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buoyant, cheerful, assured, confident, enthusiastic, secure, self-assured

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sanguine