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unit 8
unit 8 vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abnormal | adj. not usual, not typical, strange |
| catastrophe | n. a large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure |
| decrease | v. to become or make less |
| decrease | n. a lessening |
| flourish | v. to groom, thrive, be prosperous, to wave in the air |
| flourish | n. a dramatic gesture, a fanfare of horns |
| insubordinate | adj. disobedient, rebellious |
| onslaught | n. a violent attack, a sudden rush of something |
| outstrip | v. to get ahead of, to do better than, exceed |
| prudent | adj. cautious, careful, showing good sense |
| quench | v. to put out, extinguish, end |
| swerve | v. to turn aside sharply |
| swerve | n. a sharp or sudden turn |
| capsize | v. to turn bottom side up, upset |
| disputatious | adj. inclined to argue or debate, provoking debate |
| evict | v. to force out from a property, eject |
| incentive | n. a reason for doing something, something that stimulates action |
| legible | adj. easily read |
| nub | n. the central point or point of a matter, a knob |
| ordain | v. to establish by law, to order or command, to appoint as a priest or minister, to destine |
| pervade | v. to spread throughout |
| remnant | n. a small part remaining behind |
| simultaneous | adj. happening or existing at the same time |
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