| A | B |
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| abnormal | not usual, not typical, strange |
| abnormal | syn. freakish, unnatural, irregular, anomalous |
| abnormal | ant. normal, usual, regular, typical |
| capsize | to turn bottom side up, upset |
| capsize | syn. overturn, upend, tip over |
| capsize | ant. remain, upright |
| catastrophe | a large scale disaster, misfortune, or failure |
| catastrophe | syn. calamity, tragedy, cataclysm |
| catastrophe | ant. triumph, victory, success |
| decrease | to become or make less, a lessening |
| decrease | syn. lesson, reduce, dwindle, diminish |
| decrease | ant. increase, grow, develop, wax |
| disputatious | inclined to argue or debate, provoking debate |
| disputatious | syn. arguementative, quarrelsome, contentious |
| disputatious | ant. non-argumentative, peaceable, pacific |
| eject | to drive or throw out, evict |
| eject | syn. oust, expel, kick out |
| eject | ant. admit, lead in, insert |
| flourish | to grow, thrive, be prosperous, to wave in the air, a dramatic gesture, a fanfare of horns |
| flourish | syn. prosperous, burgeon, increase |
| fourish | ant. wither, die, fade, shrivel up |
| incentive | a reason for doing something, something that stimulates action |
| incentive | syn. stimulus, spur, motive, inducement |
| incentive | ant. curb, check, restrain, hindrance |
| insubordinate | disobediant, rebellious |
| insubordinate | syn. definate, unruly, mutinous |
| insubordinate | ant. obedient, submissive, docile, tractable |
| legible | easily read |
| legible | syn. readable, clear, decipherable |
| legible | ant. unreadable, indecipherable |
| nub | the central point or heart of matter, a knob |
| nub | syn. core, kernel, nucleus, crux |
| nub | ant. fringe, periphery, edge |
| onslaught | a violent attack, a sudden rush of something |
| onslaught | syn. assault, charge, foray, onset |
| ordain | to establish by law, to order or command, to appoint as a priest or minister, to disdain |
| ordain | syn. annoint, consecrate, enact, decrete |
| ordain | ant. forbid, veto, cancel |
| outstrip | to get ahead of, do better than, exceed |
| outstrip | syn. outdo, outperform, outdistance, surpass |
| outstrip | ant. trail, lag behind |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| pervade | syn. saturate, permeate, diffuse, imbue |
| prudent | cautious, careful, showing good sense |
| prudent | syn. wary, sensible, judicious |
| prudent | ant. foolish, unwise, rash, reckless |
| quench | to put out, extinguish, end |
| quench | syn. douse, stifle, slake |
| quench | ant. ignite, kindle |
| remnant | a small part remaining behind |
| remnant | syn. remainder, residue, leftover, fragment |
| simultaneous | happening or existing at the same time |
| simultaneous | syn. occuring at the same time, concurrent |
| simultaneous | ant. occuring at differnet times |
| swerve | (v) to turn aside sharply (n) a sharp or sudden turn |
| swerve | syn. (v) veer, digress, sheer off |
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