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Unit 5 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aghast | Filled with amazement, fear, disgust, or terror |
| Ample | More than Enough, large, spacious |
| Apparition | A ghost or ghostly figure; and 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 | To look upon with scorn;to refuse scornfully;A feeling of contempt |
| Epitaph | A brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone |
| Ethical | Having to do with morals, values, right and wrong |
| Facetious | Humorous, not meant seriously |
| Inaudible | Not able to be heard |
| Indiscriminate | Without restrain or control |
| Intrigue | Crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; to form and cary out plot; to puzzle or excite the curiosity |
| Juristiction | An area or authority or control; the right to administer justice |
| Plausible | Appearing true, resonable, or fair |
| Plebeian | Common Vulgar;belonging to the lower class; A common persone, member of lower class |
| Prodigal | Wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; one who is wasteful and self-indulgent |
| Proximity | Nearness, closeness |
| Pulverize | To ground or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome |
| Sequel | That which follows, a result |
| Volatile | Highly changeable,fickle;tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state |