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Vocabulary Practice  -  Lessons 7-10

arsenal

  • A governmental establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war material.

Find 6 words or groups of words that mean the same as arsenal.

arms depot

armory

house

army post

soldier

military storehouse

president

arms plant

weapons factory

ammunition dump

furniture

slave

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telegraph

  • A communications system that transmits and receives simple unmodulated electric impulses, especially one in which the transmission and reception stations are directly connected by wires.

Find 6 words or groups of words that mean the same as telegraph.

telephone

writing

electronic mail

message sent over a wire

coded message

yell

cablegram

touch

cable message

talk

wire communication

say

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secede

  • To withdraw formally from membership in an organization, association, or alliance.

Find 6 words or groups of words that mean the same as secede.

withdraw

bring together

resign

link together

separate

join

leave

connect

unite

abandon

retire

belong

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opposition

  • The condition of being in conflict

Find 6 words or groups of words that mean the same as opposition.

agreement

conflict

combating

peace

quiet

harmony

peace

calmness

resisting

opposing

hostility

battle

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