Quizlet Vocabulary Workshop Unit 5

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  1. aghast: filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror *SYN* shocked, horrified, stupefied *ANT* delighted, overjoyed, ummoved
  2. ample: more than enough, large, spacious *SYN* sufficient, adequate, considerable *ANT* insufficient, inadequate
  3. apparition: ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance *SYN* phanton, specter
  4. assert: to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully *SYN* affirm, avow
  5. cower: to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame *SYN* cringe, flinch *ANT* stand up to
  6. disdain: (v.) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt
  7. epitaph: a brief statement wirtten on a tomb or gravestone *SYN* tombstone inscription
  8. ethical: 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
  9. facetious: humorous, not meant seriously *SYN* comical, witty, tongue-in-check *ANT* serious, humorless
  10. inaudible: not able to be heard *SYN* faint, indistinct *ANT* audible, easily heard
  11. indiscriminate: without restraint or control; unselective *SYN* haphazard, random, uncritical *ANT* selective, discriminating, judicious
  12. intrigue: (n.) crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; (v.) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite with curiousity *SYN* scheme, plot, conspiracy *ANT* fair play
  13. jurisdiction: area of authority or control; the right to administer justice *SYN* purview
  14. plausible: appearing true, reasonable, or fair *SYN* believable, probable *ANT* improbable, far-fetched
  15. plebeian: (adj) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member of the lower class *SYN* lowborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined *ANT* aristocratic, refined, cultivated
  16. prodigal: (adj) wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self - indulgent *SYN* (adj.) improvident (n.) spendthrift, wastrel
  17. proximity: nearness, closeness *ANT* distance, remoteness
  18. pulverize: grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments) *SYN* crush, demolish
  19. sequel: 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
  20. volatile: 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