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hiroshima vocab
week one
20
English
10th Grade
04/21/2010

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Term
unify
Definition

verb

to become a single unit

Syn: combine

Ant: split

 

After my grandpa passed away, my family felt unified.


Term
mitigate 
Definition

verb

to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief,harshness, or pain; moderate

Syn: lessen

Ant: intensify

 

After she calmed down during the fight, he tight grasp on her water bottle mitigated.


Term
pact
Definition

noun

an agreement, covenant, or compact

syn: treaty

ant: arguement

 

The girls made a pact to never date the same boy.

Term
turmoil
Definition

noun

 state of great commotion, confusion, ordisturbance; tumult; agitation

Syn: distress

Ant: happiness

 

The army men were in a state of turmoil when the bomb hit their base and many died.

Term
subjugation
Definition

verb

to bring under complete control or subjection;conquer; master.

Syn:conquer

Ant: fail

 

The police man subjugated the rowdy teenagers.

Term
anarchy
Definition

noun

a state of society without government or law

Syn: disorganization

Ant: order,rule

 

It felt like the househould was an anarchy with the crazy, disobedient children.


Term
withdraw
Definition

verb

to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove

Syn: remove

Ant: give

 

My mother had to withdraw twenty dollars from the bank for my night at the movies.

Term
hysteria
Definition

noun

an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, oftencharacterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping

Syn: outburst

Ant: containment

 

The little girl overreacted when she fell and and was in a state of hysteria.

Term
mutilate
Definition

verb

to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removingor irreparably damaging parts

Syn: disfigure

Ant: construct

 

When we got home, my dogs toy was mutilated.

Term
atrocious
Definition

adjective

extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal

Syn: horrifying

Ant: appealing, happy

 

The woman's hair looked atrocious after the rollercoaster.

Term
incipient
Definition

adjective

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

Syn: start

Ant: end

 

His hate for his teacher was beginning to seem incipient.

Term
catastrophe
Definition

noun

a sudden and widespread disaster

Syn: tragedy

Ant: good news

 

The 9/11 attacks were a major catastrophe all across the U.S.

Term
heinous
Definition

adjective

hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible

Syn: monstrous

Ant: magnificent

 

The bank robber's crimes were heinous.

Term
arduous
Definition

adjective

requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult

Syn: hard

Ant: easy, simple

 

My new job was way more arduous than i expected.

Term
Annihilation 
Definition

noun

extinction; destruction

Syn: demolition

Ant: untouched

 

We annihilated the opposing team.

Term
chaos
Definition

noun

a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.

Syn: disorder

Ant: calm

 

The aftermath of the bomb caused complete chaos.

Term
imminent
Definition

adjective

likely to occur at any moment

Syn: approaching

Ant: distant

 

The sky was cloudy, therefore we knew the storm was imminent.

Term
conspire
Definition

verb

to agree together, esp. secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal

Syn: plot

Ant: disagree

 

The team conspired to think of a terrific present for their coach.

Term
serenity
Definition

noun

the state or quality of being serene, calm, ortranquil

Syn: tranquility

Ant: chaos

 

The serenity of the ocean calmed the children.

Term
doctrine
Definition

noun

a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government

Syn: proposition

Ant: disbelief

 

My mother wrote me a doctine that stated if my room was ever dirty I would be grounded for two days.

 

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