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Vocabulary Unit 5
unit 5 vocab
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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, adequat, considerable. ant: insufficient, inadequate |
| apparation | n, a ghost or ghostly figure, an unexpected or unusual appearence. 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 chame. syn: cringe, flinch. antn: stand up to. |
| disdain | v/n, to look upon with scorn, to refuse scornfully; a feeling of contempt. syn: spurn, reject. ant: revere, venterateesteem, 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 of purchase. syn: upright, virtous, honorable. ant: immoral. unscrupulous, dishonest |
| facetious | adj, humourus, not meant seriously. syn: comical, witty, tongue in cheek. ant: serious, humorless |
| inaudible | adj, not able to be heard. syn: faint, indistrict. ant: aduible, easily heard. |
| indiscriminate | adj, without restraint or control, unselective. syn: haphazard, random, uncritical. ant: selective, discriminating, judicious. |
| intrigue | n/v, crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; to form and carry out plots, to puzzle or excite the curiousity. syn: scheme, plot, conspiracy. ant: 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. |
| plebian | adj/n, common, vulgar, belonging to lower class; a common person, member to the lower class.syn: lowborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined. ant: aristocratic, refined, cultivated. |
| prodigal | adj/n, wastefully extravagent, lavishly or generously abundant; one who is wasteful and self-indulgent. syn: improvident, spendthrift, wastrel. ant: frugal, economical, stingy, miserly. |
| proximity | n, nearness, closeness. ant: distance, remoteness. |
| pulverize | v, to grind or pound 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: folow-up, continuation. ant: prelude, overture, curtain-raiser |
| volatile | adj, highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive, changind readily from the liquid to gasous state. syn: unstable, erratic. ant: stable, steady, static, inert, dormant. |
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