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