vocab unit 8
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- decrease
- v. to become or make less; a lessening; synonyms: lessen, reduce, dwindle, diminish; antonyms: increase, grow, develope, wax
- nub
- n. the central point of heart of a matter, a knob; synonyms: core, kernel, nucleus, crux; antonyms: fringe, periphery, edge
- insubordinate
- adj. disobedient, rebellious; synonyms: defiant, unruly, mutinous; antonyms: obedient, submissive, docile, tractable
- outstrip
- v. to get ahead of, do better than, exceed; synonyms:, outdo, outperform, outdistance, surpass; antonyms: trail, lag behind
- quench
- v. to put out, extinguish, end; synonyms: douse, stifle, slake; antonyms: ignite, kindle
- prudent
- adj. cautious, careful, showing good sense; synonyms: wary, sensible, judicious; antonyms: foolish, unwise, rash, reckless
- flourish
- v. to grow, thrive, be prosperous, to wave in the air; n. a dramatic gesture, a fanfare of horns; synonyms: prosper, burgeon, increase; antonyms: wither, die, fade, shrivel up
- catastrophe
- n. a large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure; synonyms: calamity, tragedy, cataclysm; antonyms: triumph, victory, success
- abnormal
- adj. not usual, not typical, strange; synonyms: freakish, unatural, irregular, anomalous; antonyms: normal, usual , regular, typical
- eject
- v. to drive or throw out; synonyms: evict, oust, expel, kick out; antonyms: admit, let in, insert
- swerve
- v. to turn aside sharply; n. a sharp or sudden turn; synonyms: veer, digress, sheer off
- incentive
- n. a reason for doing something; something that stimulates action; synonyms: stimulus, spur, motive, inducement; antonyms: curb, check, restraint, hindrance
- onslaught
- n. a violent attack, sudden rush of something; synonyms: assault, charge, foray, onset
- simultaneous
- adj. happening or existing at the same time; synonyms:, occuring at the same time, concurrent; antnonyms: occuring at different times
- pervade
- v. to spread throughout; synonyms: saturate, permeate, diffuse, imbue
- remnant
- n. a small part remaining behind; synonyms: remainder, residue, leftover, fragment
- ordain
- v. to establish by law, to order or command, to appoint as a priest or minister, to destine; synonyms: anoint, consecrate, enact, decree; antonyms: forbid, veto, cancel
- capsize
- v. to turn bottom side up, upset; synonyms: overturn, upend, tip over; antonyms: remain upright
- disputatious
- adj. inclined to argue or debate, provoking debate; synonyms: argumentative, quarrelsome, contentious; antonyms: nonargumentative, peaceable, pacific
- legible
- adj. easily read; synonyms: readable, clear, decipherable; antonyms: unreadable, indecipherable