definitions
n. a large-scale disaster, misfortune, or failure
catastrophe
normal, usual, regular
abnormal
My brother was _____ a priest after he had completed his studies at the seminary.
ordained
v. to turn aside sharply; n. a sharp or sudden turn
swerve
prosper, burgeon, increase
flourish
nonargumentative, peaceable, pacific
disputatious
v. to put out, extinguish, end
quench
wary, judicious
prudent
"if that ______young hothead had followed my orders to the letter," the general remarked sourly,"we wouldn't be in this fix!"
insubordinate
calamity
catastrophe