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Vocab 5-Lidiak
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aghast | (adj.) filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror. |
| Ample | (adj.) more than enough, large, spacious. |
| Apparation | (N.)a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance. |
| assert | (v.) to declare or state as truth,maintain or defend, put forward forcefully. |
| Cower | (v.) to crouch or shrink away frm in fear or shame. |
| disdain | (V.) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt. |
| Epitaph | (N.) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone. |
| Ethical | (adj.)Having to do with morals,values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards or right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase. |
| Facetious | (adj.)humorous, not ment seriously. |
| inaudible | (adj.)not able to be heard. |
| indiscriminate | (adj.) without restraint or control; unselective. |
| intrigue | (n.) crafty deelings, underhanded plotting; (v.)to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity. |
| jurisdiction | (n.) an area of athority or control; the right to administer justice. |
| plausible | (adj.)appearing true, reasonable, or fair. |
| plebeian | (adj.)common vulgar; belonging to the lower class; a common person, member of the lower class. |
| prodigal | (adj.)wastefully extravagant;lavishly or generously abundant; (n.)one who is wasteful and self-indulgent |
| proximity | (n.) nearness, closeness |
| pulverize | (v.)to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome 9as though by smashing into fragments) |
| sequel | (n.)that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one made earlier. |
| volatile | (adj.)highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state |