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vocab english p.6
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aghast | filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror |
| ample | more than enough, large, spacious |
| apparition | a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unsual appearance |
| assert | to declare or state as truth maintain or defend, put forward focefully |
| cower | to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame |
| disdain | to look upon with scorn to refuse scornfully a feeling of contempt |
| epitaph | a brief statement written on a tomb stone or gravestone. |
| ethical | having to do with morals, values, right and wrong in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase |
| facetious | humorous not meant seriously |
| inaudible | not able to be heard |
| indiscriminate | without restraint or control unselective |
| intrigue | crafty dealings underhanded plotting to form and carry out plots to puzzle or excite the curosity |
| jurisdiction | an area of authority or control the right administer justice |
| plausible | appearing true resonable or fair |
| plebeian | common vulgar belonging to lower class a common person member of the loser class |
| prodigal | wastefuly extravagant; lavishly or generously abundantone who is wasteful and self indulgent |
| proximity | nearness, closeness |
| pulverrize | to grind or pound to a powder or dust to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments) |
| sequel | that which follows a result a literary work or film contining the story of one made earlier |
| volatile | highly changeable fickle tending to become violent or explosive changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state |