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Vocab: Unit 5
Question | Answer |
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Filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror | Aghast |
More than enough, large, spacious | Ample |
A ghost or ghostly figure;an unexplained or unusual appearence | Apparition |
To delcare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully | Assert |
To crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame | Cower |
To look upon with scorm;to refuse scornfully;a feeling of contempt | Disdain |
A breif statement written on a tomb or gravestone | Epitaph |
Having to do with morals, values, right and wrong;in accordance with standards of right conduct;requiring a prescription for purchase | Ethical |
Humorous, not meant seriously | Facetious |
Not able to be heard | Inaudiable |
Without restraint or control;unselective | Indiscriminate |
Crafty dealings, underhanded plotting;to form and carry out plots;to puzzle or excite the curiosity | Intrigue |
An area of authority or control;the right to administer justice | Jurisdiction |
Appearing true, reasonable, or fair | Plausible |
Common, vulgar;belonging to the lower class;a common person, member of the lower class | Plebeian |
Wastefully extravagant;lavishly or generously abundant;one who is wasteful and self-indulgent | Prodigal |
Nearness, closeness | Proximity |
To grinf or pound to a powder or dust;to destroy or vercome(as though by smashing into fregments) | Pulverise |
That which follow, a result;a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier | Sequel |
Highly changeable, fickle;tending to become violent or explosive;changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state | Volatile |