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a state of society without government or law.
The teacher's classroom was in a state of anarchy.
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the act or an instance of annihilating.
After the tornado my house was annihilated.
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requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
Digging graves is arduous work.
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extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
The orange sweater she was wearing was atrocious.
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a sudden and widespread disaster: the catastrophe of war.
Our dinner party was a catastrophe.
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a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
After spilling ink on my painting I went into a state of chaos.
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to agree together, esp. secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal: They conspired to kill the king.
Schizophrenia patients sometimes think that people are conspiring to kill them.
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a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
Everyone has there own doctrine on how they live thier lives.
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hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
The disrespect show to me by the cashier was heinous.
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an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
When the woman didn't get what she wanted she was hysterical.
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likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent.
Since they were down 80 points defeat seemed imminent.
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beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage: an incipient cold.
My disgust for him was only incipient.
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to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, orpain; moderate.
I made my puppy dog eyes, and my parents immediately mitigated.
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to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing orirreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
After putting his sisters Barbie in the microwave, it's face was mutilated.
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an agreement, covenant, or compact: We made a pact not toargue any more.
The two friends made a pact to never lie.
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the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil;sereneness.
A meditation room is typically a place of serenity.
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to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer;master.
Dictators bring entire regions to subjugation.
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a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance;tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficultdecisions.
Finals brought turmoil to the student.
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to make or become a single unit; unite: to unify conflictingtheories; to unify a country.
Having a common enemy sometimes unifies a group of people.
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to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: Shewithdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings fromthe bank.
The boy was shy and had a tendency to withdraw himself from conversation.
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