Grade 7 Unit 8 Vocabulary

not usual, not typical, strange

• abnormal

• catastrophe

• decrease

• flourish

For my sister, who is always late, being early for class would be an _______ situation.

• insubordinate

• abnormal

• onslaught

• prudent

Freakish, unnatural, irregular, and anomalous are synonyms for

• catastrophe

• decrease

• abnormal

• flourish

Normal, usual, regular, and typical are antonyms for

• abnormal

• swerve

• flourish

• outstrip

a large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure

• catastrophe

• onslaught

• quench

• swerve

During the Cold War, the United States did everything possible to avoid a nuclear _________.

• decrease

• prudent

• catastrophe

• swerve

Tragedy and cataclysm are synonyms for

• catastrophe

• decrease

• outstrip

• flourish

Triumph, victory, and success are antonyms for

• catastrophe

• outstrip

• quench

• decrease

to become or make less; a lessening

• decrease

• flourish

• abnormal

• onslaught

The manager hopes that theft will _______ once the new security system is installed.

• decrease

• quench

• swerve

• outstrip