Vocabulary List 5
1. aghast: (adj)filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror
SYN: shocked, horrified, stupefied
ANT: delighted, overjoyed, unmoved
Forms: X
2. ample:(adj)more than enough, large, spacious
SYN: sufficient, adequate, considerable
ANT: insufficient, inadequate
Forms: ampleness (n)
3.apparition(n)a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance
SYN: phantom, specter
ANT: X
Forms: apparitions (n.pl.)
4. assert(v)to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward
SYN: affirm, avow
ANT: deny, reject
Forms: asserter (n)
5. cower(v)to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame
SYN: cringe, flinch
ANT: stand up to
Forms: X
6. disdain(v)to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully;
(n)a feeling of contempt
SYN: (v) spurn, reject
ANT: (v) revere, venerate, esteem, respect
Forms: disdainful (adj), disdainfully (adv), disdainfulness (n)
7. epitaph(n)a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone
SYN: tombstone inscription
ANT: X
Forms: epitaphic (adj)
8. ethical(adj)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
Forms: ethicality (n), ethically (adv), ethicalness (n)
9. facetious(adj)humorous, not meant seriously
SYN: comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek
ANT: serious, humorless
Forms: facetiously (adv), facetiousness (n)
10. inaudible(adj)not able to be heard
SYN: faint, indistinct
ANT: audible, easily heard
Forms: inaudibility (n), inaudibly (adv)
11. indiscriminate(adj)without restraint or control; unselective
SYN: haphazard, random, uncritical
ANT: selective, discriminating, judicious
Forms: indiscriminately (adv), indiscriminateness (n),
indiscrimination (n)
12. 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
Forms: intriguing (adj), intriguingly (adv)
13. jurisdiction(n)an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
SYN: purview
ANT: X
Forms: jurisdictional (adj), jurisdictionally (adv)
14. plausible(adj)appearing true, reasonable, or fair
SYN: believable, probable
ANT: improbable, far-fetched
Forms: plausibility (n), plausibly (adv)
15.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
Forms: X
16. 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, stingy, miserly
Forms: prodigality (n), prodigally (adv)
17. proximity(n)nearness, closeness
SYN: juxtaposition, immediacy
ANT: distance, remoteness
18.pulverize(v)to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome
(as though by smashing into fragments)
SYN: crush, demolish
ANT: X
Forms: pulverization (n)
19. 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
20. 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
Forms: volatility (n)