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Vocab Unit 5 Level C
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level C
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| aghast | (adj) filled with amazement, disgust, 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 unexlpained or unusual appearance (syn) phanton, 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 contempt (syn) (v) spurn, reject (ant) (v) revere, venreate, 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 or 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) no able to be heard (syn)faint, indistinct (ant)audible, easily heard |
| indiscriminate | (adj) without restraint or control; unselective (syn) haphazard, random, uncritical (ant)selective, discriminating, judicious |
| intrigue | (n) crafty dealings, 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 |
| plebeian | (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, stingly, miserly |
| proximity | (n) nearness, closeness (ant)distance, remoteness |
| pulverize | (v) to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy 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 |
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