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Impact Noun bang, blow, bounce, brunt, buffet, bump, clash, concussion, contact, crash, crunch, crush, encounter, hit, jar, jolt, kick, knock, pound, punch, quake, quiver, ram, rap, rock, shake, shock, slap, smash, smashup, strike, stroke, thump, tremor, wallop

agreement, coincidence, concord, conformity, unison, amity, concert, concurrence, harmony, unity.

The impact of the collision broke the windshield.

Income Noun interest, salary,

wages, annuity, gain, return, earnings.

outgo, expenditure.

salary Her income helps to pay her bills.

Individual Adjective alone, characteristic, definite, different, discrete, distinct, express, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, personalized, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unitary, unusual

common, general, ordinary People, human He is a creative individual.

Interpret Verbunderstandillustraterepresenttranslatedelineateelucidate

misinterpret, misunderstand Speech He tried to interpret the

meaning of her harsh words.

exemplify

Involved Verb sophisticatedlabyrinthineembarrassedconvolutedinterestedconfusing

exclude, free, remove

He involved himself in many activities.

Issue Verb/noun Situation

Labor Noun Work, strive Lazy, The president labored for peace.

Legislation Nounconstitutionregulationmeasurecharterbillact

illegal Such acts are not legal.

Labor Noun

activity, chore, daily grind, diligence, drudgery, effort, employment, endeavor, energy, exercise, exertion, grind*,

entertainment, fun

gruntwork, industry, job, moonlight, operation, pains, pull, push, strain, stress, struggle, sweat, toil, travail

Legal Adj acknowledged, allowed, authorized, card-carrying, chartered, clean*, condign, constitutional, contractual, decreed, due, enforced, enforcible, enjoined, fair, forensic, granted, innocent, judged, judicial, juridical, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legalized, legit, legitimate, licit, on the level, on the up and up, ordained, passed, precedented, prescribed, proper,

illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrong

protected, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, statutory, straight, sure enough, valid, warranted, within the law

Major adjective above, better, big, chief, considerable, dominant, elder, exceeding, extensive, extreme, greater, hefty, higher, large, large-scale, larger, leading, main, most, oversized, primary, senior, sizable, superior, supreme, ultra, upper, uppermost

lesser, little, minor, small

Method noun adjustment, approach, arrangement, channels, course, custom, design, disposal, disposition, fashion, form, formula, habit, line, manner, mechanism, method, mode,

modus, modus operandi, nuts and bolts, plan, practice, proceeding, process, program, receipt, recipe, red tape, ritual, rote, routine, rubric, rule, rut, schema, scheme, shortcut, style, system, tack, tactics, technic, technique, tenor, the book, usage, way, ways and means, wise, wrinkle

Occur Verb action, appear, arise, be found, be present, befall, betide, chance, come about, come off, come to pass, cook*, crop up, develop, ensue, eventualize, eventuate, exist, follow, go, jell, manifest, materialize, obtain, present itself, result, shake*, show, smoke*, take place, transpire, turn out, turn up