(adj.) filled with amazement, digust, fear, or terror
(syn.)- shocked, horrified,stupefied
(ant.)- delighted, overjoyed, unmoved
ample
(adj.)more than enough, large, spacious
(syn.)-sufficient,adequate,considerable
(ant.)-insufficient,inadequate
apparition
(n.)a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusal appearance. :o
(syn.)- phantom, specter
assert
(v.)to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully
(syn.)- affirm, avow
cower
(v.)to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame
(syn.)- cringe, flinch
(ant.)-stand up to
disdain
(v.)to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contemp
(syn.)-(v.) spurn, reject
(ant.)- revere, venerate, esteem, respect
epitaph
(n.)a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone.
(syn.)- tombstone inscription
ethical
(adj.)having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase
(syn.)-upright, virtuous, honorable
(ant.)-immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest
(adj.)not able to be heard
(syn.)- faint, indistinct
(ant.)- audible, easily heard
discriminate
(adj.) without restrain or control; unselective
(syn.)- haphazard, random, uncritical
(ant.)- selective, discriminating, judicious
intrigue
(n.) crafty dealing, underhanded plotting; (v.) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity
(syn.)-(n.) scheme, plot, conspiracy
(ant.)-(n.) fair play
judisdiction
(n.) an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
(syn.)- purview
(adj.) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member of the lower class
(syn.)-(adj.)lowborn, proletarian. coarse, unrefined
(ant.)- (adj.)aristocratic, refined, cultivated
prodigal
(adj.) wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self- indulgent
(syn.)- (adj.) improvident; (n.) spendthrift, wastrel
(ant.)- (adj.) frugal, economical, stingy, miserly
(v.) to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destory or overcome ( as though by smashing into fragments)
(syn.)- crush, demolish
sequel
(n.) that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier
(syn.)- follow-up, continuation
(ant.)- prelude, overture, curtain- raiser
volatile
(adj.) highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state
(syn.)- unstable. erratic
(ant.)-stable, steady, static. inert, dormant
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