Vocab. 5
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Terms | Definitions |
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Aghast | (adj.) filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror |
Ample | (adj.) more than enough, large, spacious |
Apparition | (n.) a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance |
Assert | (v.) to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully |
Cower | (v.) to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame |
Disdain | (v.) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt |
Epitaph | (n.) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone |
Ethical | (adj.) Having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase |
Facetious | (adj.) humorous, not meant seriously |
Inaudible | (adj.) not able to be heard |
Indiscriminate | (adj.) without restraint or control; unselective |
Intrigue | (n.) crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; (v.) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity |
Jurisdiction | (n.) an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice |
Plausible | (adj.) appearing true, reasonable, or fair |
Plebeian | (adj.) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member of the lower class |
Prodigal | (adj.) wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self-indulgent |
Proximity | (n.) nearness, closeness |
Pulverize | (v.) to ground or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments) |
Sequel | (n.) that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier |
Volatile | (adj.) highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state |
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