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Unit 5 - Vocabulary
Unit 5 Vocabulary Workshop
| 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 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 | (n) an area of authority or control |
| Plausible | appearing true, reasonable, or fair |
| Plebeian | (adj) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n) |
| Prodigal | (aj) 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 |
| 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 |
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