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To try to equal; to imitate.
Emulate
Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something; plead with
Entreat
Voluntary and unplanned.
Spontaneous
About to happen
Imminent
Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.
To move (troops or equipment) into position for military action; put to work.
Deployed
To suppose something without sufficient evidence.
Surmise
Urgent; pressing.
Imperative
Cautious; very careful.
Gingerly
Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
Irascible
Try hard to do or achieve something.
Endeavor
All of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively.
Generation
To spread throughout.
Pervade
A slight suspicion; a vague idea.
Inkling
Showing little spirit or enthusiasm.
Lackadaisical
A downpour of rain; a flood.
Deluge
An event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster.
Calamity
Extremely careful; attentive to small details.
Meticulous
Synonyms for this word include: careful, conscientious, diligent, and accurate
Meticulous
To cause (a large amount of damage or harm); inflict
Wreak
King Lear’s life changed from one of luxury and power to one of ________ poverty and helplessness.
Flagrant (Most miserable; wretched.)
The tablet on the front of the house __________ its importance as a station on the Underground Railroad.
Commemorate (To serve as a memorial to; to remember in a solemn manner.)
Just as the row of seventeenth-century buildings was about to be _______, the preservation society requested a delay.
Raze (To level to the ground; to destroy completely.)
Synonyms include: hunch, indication, conception, and hint.
Inkling
Resilient