Vocabulary (story vocab + u6 set A+B + u8 set A + analogies)

• abnormal = not usual, strange
• catastrophe = failure
• decrease = make less
• flourish = to grow
• insubordinate = disobedient
• onslaught = violent attack
• outstrip = do better than, exceed
• prudent = careful
• quench = extinguish, to put out
• swerve = sharp, sudden turn
• repulse = disgust
• moot = unsure
• futile = not useful
• delirious = confused because of fever
• anonymous = unknown
• dupe = person easily tricked
• eradicate = get rid of
• inimitable= not capable of being imitated or copied
• makeshift = temporary substitute for something else
• pending = waiting to be settled
• preview = something seen
• quaint = old fashioned, clever
• scrimp = spend less, handle very economically
• utmost = highest
• browse = to read casually
• dynamic = active, energetic
• frustrate = cause feeling of discouragement
• grim = cruel
• marginal = near edge, important
• prominent = well known, important
• reluctant = unwilling, holding back, uncertain
• snare = to trap
• vengeance = punishment in return for an injury or a wrong