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Unit 5 grade 7
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| Agast | 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 crouch or shrink away 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 or gravestone | |
| Facetious | Humorous, not meant serioously | |
| Inaudible | Not able to be heard | |
| Indiscriminate | Without restraint or control, unselective | |
| Intrigue | (n) Crafty dealings, underhanded plots (v) 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 fait | |
| Plebeian | (adj) Common, vulgar, belonging to the lower class, (n) a common person, member of the lower class | |
| Prodigal | (adj) Wastefully extravagagenerously; lavishly or generously abundant (n) one who is wasteful and self indulgent | |
| Proximity | Nearness, closeness | |
| Pulverize | To grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome | |
| Sequel | That which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier | |
| Volatile | Highly changeable, fickly, tending to become violent or explosive, changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state | |
| Ethical | Having to do with morals, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase |