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week one
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10th Grade
04/22/2010

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Term

Anarchy

Definition

noun

a state of society without government or law

Syn: disorganization

Ant: order,rule

 

When the city got bombed, the organization was in a state of anarchy and chaos.

Term
Annihilation
Definition

noun

extinction; destruction

Syn: demolition

Ant: untouched

 

The annihilation of the war was seem in the destruction of the many cities

Term
arduous
Definition

adjective

requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult

Syn: hard

Ant: easy, simple

 

the men had to do arduous work when they dug the trenches.

Term
atrocious
Definition

adjective

extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal

Syn: horrifying

Ant: appealing, happy

 

the battle wounds on the soldiers were atrosious and horrifying.

Term
catastrophe
Definition

noun

a sudden and widespread disaster

Syn: tragedy

Ant: good news

 

the atomic bomb caused such a catsrophe, that the world knew the they surrendered

Term
chaos
Definition

noun

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

Syn: disorder

Ant: calm

 

the chaos of battle caused the soldiers to run around in confusion

Term
conspire
Definition

verb

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

Syn: plot

Ant: disagree

 

the evil doers were conspireing to make a planned attack on the city.

 

Term
doctrine
Definition

noun

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

Syn: proposition

Ant: disbelief

 

the government put a doctrine in place to make a rule for no smoking.,

Term
heinous
Definition

adjective

hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible

Syn: monstrous

Ant: magnificent

the heinous crime of stealing is punished by death in some countries

Term
hysteria
Definition

noun

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

Syn: outburst

Ant: containment

 

when the mom saw the baby dead see bursted into a wild, sobing, hysteria.

Term
imminent
Definition

adjective

likely to occur at any moment

Syn: approaching

Ant: distant

the soldiers began to hear the enemy planes over head and the they new their dead would soon be imminent.

Term
incipient
Definition

adjective

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

Syn: start

Ant: end

the usa is considered an incipient country because it is only 300ish years old

Term
mitigate
Definition

verb

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

Syn: lessen

Ant: intensify

 

after the cold war, the world began to mitigate and relax.

Term
mutilate
Definition

verb

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

Syn: disfigure

Ant: construct

some of the soldiers bodies were so mutilated, you could barely tell if they were human or not

Term
pact
Definition

noun

an agreement, covenant, or compact

syn: treaty

ant: arguement

the russians and the germans made a pact of allegiance not 2 attack each other in ww2

Term
serenity
Definition

noun

the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil

Syn: tranquility

Ant: chaos

there was a quiet, peaceful serenity the day of the attack.

Term
subjugation
Definition

verb

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

Syn:conquer

Ant: fail

the dictator had complete subugation of his people.

Term
turmoil
Definition

noun

 state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation

Syn: distress

Ant: happiness

 

the world was in a great termoil during the cold war

Term
unify
Definition

verb

to become a single unit

Syn: combine

Ant: split

 

the usa had to be united if they stood a chance in the war

Term
withdraw
Definition

verb

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

Syn: remove

Ant: give

 

 

the usa needs 2 withdraw from the war because were r there for no reason.

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