| Question | Answer |
| aghast | (adj.) filled with amazement, digust, fear, or terror
(syn.)- shocked, horrified,stupefied
(ant.)- delighted, overjoyed, unmoved |
| ample | (adj.)more than enough, large, spacious
(syn.)-sufficient,adequate,considerable
(ant.)-insufficient,inadequate |
| apparition | (n.)a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusal appearance. :o
(syn.)- phantom, specter |
| assert | (v.)to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully
(syn.)- affirm, avow |
| cower | (v.)to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame
(syn.)- cringe, flinch
(ant.)-stand up to |
| disdain | (v.)to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contemp
(syn.)-(v.) spurn, reject
(ant.)- revere, venerate, esteem, respect |
| epitaph | (n.)a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone.
(syn.)- tombstone inscription |
| ethical | (adj.)having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase
(syn.)-upright, virtuous, honorable
(ant.)-immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest |
| facetious | (adj.)humorous, not meant seriously
(syn.)- comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek
(ant.)- serious, humorless |
| inaudible | (adj.)not able to be heard
(syn.)- faint, indistinct
(ant.)- audible, easily heard |
| discriminate | (adj.) without restrain or control; unselective
(syn.)- haphazard, random, uncritical
(ant.)- selective, discriminating, judicious |
| intrigue | (n.) crafty dealing, underhanded plotting; (v.) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity
(syn.)-(n.) scheme, plot, conspiracy
(ant.)-(n.) fair play |
| jurisdiction | (n.) an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
(syn.)- purview |
| plausible | (adj.) appearing true, reasonable, or fair
(syn.)- believable, probable
(ant.)- improbable, far-fetched |
| plebelian | (adj.) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member of the lower class
(syn.)-(adj.)lowborn, proletarian. coarse, unrefined
(ant.)- (adj.)aristocratic, refined, cultivated |
| prodigal | (adj.) wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self- indulgent
(syn.)- (adj.) improvident; (n.) spendthrift, wastrel
(ant.)- (adj.) frugal, economical, stingy, miserly |
| proximity | (n.) nearness, closeness
(ant.)- distance, remoteness |
| pulverize | (v.) to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destory or overcome ( as though by smashing into fragments)
(syn.)- crush, demolish |
| sequel | (n.) that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier
(syn.)- follow-up, continuation
(ant.)- prelude, overture, curtain- raiser |
| volatile | (adj.) highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state
(syn.)- unstable. erratic
(ant.)-stable, steady, static. inert, dormant |
