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Vocab Unit Five
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aghast | (adj.) Filled with excitement, disgust, 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 unusual appearance 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 contempt Syn: 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 |
| facetious | (adj.) humorous, not meant seriously Syn: comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek Ant: serious, humourless |
| inaudible | (adj.) not able to be heard Syn: faint, indistinct Ant: audible, easily heard |
| indiscriminate | (adj.) without restraint or control; unselective Syn: haphazard, random, uncritical Ant: selective, discriminating, judicious |
| intrigue | (n.) crafty dealings, underhanded plotting (v.)to form and carry out plots;to puzzle or excite the curiosity Syn: scheme, plot, conspiracy Ant: fair play |
| jurisdiction | (n.) an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice Syn: purview |
| plausible | (adj.) appearing true, reasonable, or fair Syn: believable, probable Ant: improbable, far-fetched |
| plebeian | (adj.) common, vulgar, belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member of the lower class Syn: lowborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined Ant: aristocratic, refined, cultivated |
| prodigal | (adj.) wastefully extravagant, lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self-indulgent Syn: improvident, spendthrift, wastrel Ant: frugal, economical, stingy, miserly |
| proximity | (n.) nearness, closeness Ant: distance, remoteness |
| pulverize | (v.) to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy 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 made or written 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 gas state Syn: unstable, erratic Ant: stable, steady, static, inert, dormant |
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