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to become a single unit
Syn: combine
Ant: split
After my grandpa passed away, my family felt unified.
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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.
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an agreement, covenant, or compact
syn: treaty
ant: arguement
The girls made a pact to never date the same boy.
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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.
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to bring under complete control or subjection;conquer; master.
Syn:conquer
Ant: fail
The police man subjugated the rowdy teenagers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removingor irreparably damaging parts
Syn: disfigure
Ant: construct
When we got home, my dogs toy was mutilated.
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extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal
Syn: horrifying
Ant: appealing, happy
The woman's hair looked atrocious after the rollercoaster.
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adjective
beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
Syn: start
Ant: end
His hate for his teacher was beginning to seem incipient.
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a sudden and widespread disaster
Syn: tragedy
Ant: good news
The 9/11 attacks were a major catastrophe all across the U.S. |
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adjective
hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible
Syn: monstrous
Ant: magnificent
The bank robber's crimes were heinous.
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requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult
Syn: hard
Ant: easy, simple
My new job was way more arduous than i expected.
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extinction; destruction
Syn: demolition
Ant: untouched
We annihilated the opposing team. |
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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. |
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adjective
likely to occur at any moment
Syn: approaching
Ant: distant
The sky was cloudy, therefore we knew the storm was imminent.
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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. |
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the state or quality of being serene, calm, ortranquil
Syn: tranquility
Ant: chaos
The serenity of the ocean calmed the children.
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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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