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Unit 5
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Addendum | a thing that is add; and appendix or addition to a book or written document |
| Aghast | filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror |
| Ample | more than enough, large, spacious |
| Apparition | a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance |
| Assert | to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully |
| Cower | to couch or shrink away in fear or shame |
| Disdain | to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully or a feeling of contempt |
| Epitaph | a brief statement written on tomb or gravestone |
| Ethical | having to do with morals, values, right and wrong, in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription or purchase |
| Facetious | humorous, not meant, seriously |
| Inaudible | not able to be heard |
| Indiscriminate | without restraint or control; unselective |
| Intrigue | crafty dealings, underhanded plotting or to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity |
| Jurisdiction | an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice |
| Plausible | appearing true, reasonable, or fair |
| Plebeian | common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class or a common person, member of the lower class |
| Prodigal | wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant or one who is wasteful and self-indulgent |
| Proximity | nearness, closeness |
| Pulverize | to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments) |
| Volatile | highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseoustate |
| The woman amended her will with an ______________ when her husband suddenly died. | Addendum |
| People were _______________ at the senseless brutality of the crime. | Aghast |
| Thanks to the wet spring weather, birds and other animal will have an _____________ food supply..... | Ample |
| The vivid _______________________ seemed so real that it completely unnerved me. | apparition |
| Throughout the trial and the lengthy appeal process that followed, the defendant ________________________ her innocence. | Assert |
| The kittens _______________________ in the corner, frightened by the huge, growling dog. | Cower |
| I _______________________ their cowardly behavior. | Disdain |
| Most people never stop to consider the words that might one day appear as their own __________________________. | Epitaph |
| New developments on medicine often lead to discussions of important ___________________ questions. | Ethical |
| We had to laugh at her ___________________ remarks. | Facetious |
| Some high-frequency sounds are ____________________ to even the keenest human ear. | Inaudible |
| The ___________________________ slaughter of white whales brought that specious to the brink of extinction. | Indiscriminate |
| Investigators uncovered a shocking network of lies and international ________________________. | Intrigue |
| Cases involving robbery and assault are usually tried under the _____________________ of the courts. | Jurisdiction |
| Their story didn't sound _______________________ to me. | Plausible |
| The couple's taste in cars is quite _______________________. | Plebeian |
| We have a tight budgets, but we make and exception for ____________________ celebrations of family birthdays. | Prodigal |
| The house's ______________________________ to schools is an asset. | Proximity |
| At many old mils in Vermont, granite stones were used to ____________________ the grain. | Pulverize |
| A person who is usually calm and collected may nevertheless sometimes behave in a _____________________ manner. | Volatile |
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