1. UNIT 8 VOCABULARY REVIEW LEVEL B

2. Decrease (v) to make less

3. Abnormal – (adj) not usual, strange

4. Capsize – (v) to turn bottom side up

5. Flourish (n) to grow and thrive, be prosperous

6. Evict (v) to force out

7. Catastrophe (n) a large scale disaster

8. Incentive (n) a reason for doing something

9. Disputatious (adj) inclined to argue

10. Insubordinate (adj) disobedient, rebellious

11. Legible (adj) easily read

12. Onslaught (n) a violent attack; sudden rush of something

13. Prudent (adj) cautious

14. Outstrip (v) to get ahead of, do better than

15. Ordain (v) to establish by law; to order or command; to appoint as a priest or minister

16. Quench (v) to put out, extinguish

17. Nub (n) the central point or heart of matter; a knob

18. Remnant (n) a small part remaining behind

19. Pervade (v) to spread throughout

20. Swerve (v) to turn aside sharply

21. Simultaneous (adj) happening at the same time