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Vocabulary Notes
Words | Synonyms |
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Abnormal | adj. freakish, unnatural, irregular, anomalous |
Capsize | v. overturn, upend, tip over |
Catastrophe | n. calamity, tragedy, cataclysm |
Decrease | v. lessen, reduce, dwindle, diminish |
Disputatious | adj. argumentative, quarrelsome, contentious |
Eject | v. oust, expel, kick out |
Flourish | v. prosper, burgeon, increase |
Incentive | n. stimulus, spur, motive, inducement |
Insubordinate | adj. defiant, unruly, mutinous |
Legible | adj. readable, clear, decipherable |
Nub | n. core, kernel, nucleus, crux |
Onslaught | n. assault, charge, foray, onset |
Ordain | v. annoint, consecrate, enact, decree |
Outstrip | v. outdo, outperform, outdistance, surpass |
Pervade | v. saturate, permeate, diffuse, imbue |
Prudent | adj. wary, sensible, judicious |
Quench | v. douse, stifle, slake |
Remnant | n. remainder, residue, leftover, fragment |
Simultaneous | adj. occurring at the same time, concurrent |
Swerve | v. veer, digress, sheer off |