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Austin Vocab Unit 5
unit 6
Question | Answer |
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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 crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame. |
Disdain | (V)To look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (N) a feeling of contempt |
Epitaph | A brief statement written on a tomb 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 | (N)Crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; (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 fair |
Plebeian | (ADJ)Common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (N) 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 | Nearness, closeness |
Pulverize | 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 continuing the story of one written or made earlier |
Volatile | Highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state |