Pos: noun

Def: a state of society without government or law.

Syn: disorganization

Ant: order,rule

Sentence: Without law, there would be anarchy.

Pos: noun

Def:the act or an instance of annihilating.

Syn: demolition

Ant: untouched

Sentence: The affect of the nuclear weapon was total annihilation

Pos: adj.

Def: requiring great exertion

Syn: hard

Ant: easy

Sentence: The hike across the Sierra Nevada Mountains was an arduous one.

Pos: adj.

Def:extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal

Syn: horrifying

Ant: appealing, happy

Sentence: Killing thousands without any hesitation is an atrocious act.

Pos: noun

Def: a sudden and widespread disaster

Syn: tragedy

Ant: good news

Sentence: The events on September 11, 2001 were a catastrophe.

Pos: noun

Def: a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.

Syn: disorder

Ant: calm

Sentence: It was hard to understand what was going on during the chaos after the explosion.

Pos: verb

Def: to agree together, esp. secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal

Syn: plot

Ant: disagree

Sentence: A group of terrorists were conspiring to attack the U.S.

Pos: noun

Def:a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government

Syn: proposition

Ant: disbelief

Sentence: The doctrine of atheism is becoming very popular.

Pos: adj.

Def: hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible

Syn: monstrous

Ant: magnificent

Sentence: Murder is an awefully heinous act.

Pos: noun

Def: an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.

Syn: outburst

Ant: containment

Sentence: The first terrorist attack caused hysteria all over the country.

Pos: adj.

Def: likely to occur at any moment; impending

Syn: approaching

Ant: distant

Sentence: After they made it clear that they would not back down, war was imminent.

Pos: adj.

Def: beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

Syn: start

Ant: end

Sentence: The parents boasted about their incipient child who had just been born.

Pos: verb

Def: to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.

Syn: lessen

Ant: intensify

Sentence: As the school year ended, the child's stress level began to mitigate.

Pos: verb

Def: to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts

Syn: disfigure

Ant: reconstruct

Sentence: Many war veterans come home mutilated from their battle experiences.

Pos: noun

Def: an agreement or treaty between two or more nations

Syn:treaty

Ant: arguement

Sentence: During WWII, Germany and the Soviet Union made a pact to not attack each other.

Pos: noun

Def: the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.

Syn: tranquility

Ant: chaos

Sentence: The quiet top of the mountain was a very serene location to escape from the loud city.

Pos: verb

Def: to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.

Syn: control

Ant: conquered

Sentence: The dog was subjugated by its new owners and never acted up again.

Pos: noun

Def:a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet

Syn: distress

Ant: happiness

Sentence: The gunfire created such turmoil that people couldnt think clearly.

Pos: verb

Def: to make or become a single unit; unite

Syn: combine

Ant: split

Sentence: The different tribes unified to fight against the people trying to take their land.

Pos: verb

Def: to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove

Syn: remove

Ant: give

Sentence: The boy withdrew from the band because he was to busy to make it to practice.