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Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 5
Vocab definitions and synonyms
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Language - English
8th Grade
03/02/2011

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Term
Aghast
Definition

 

(adj.)Filled with amazement, digust, fear, or terror

 

 Synonyms: Shocked, horrified, stupefied

Antonyms: Delighted, overjoyed, unmoved

Term
 Ample
Definition

(adj.)

More than enough, large, spacious

 

 Synonyms: Sufficient, adequate, considerable

Antonyms: Insufficient, inadequate

Term
Apparition
Definition

 (n.)

A ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual

 

 Synonyms: Phantom, specter

Term
Assert
Definition

(v.)

To declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put foward forcefully

 

Synonyms: Affirm, avow

Term
Cower
Definition

(v.)

To crouch or shrink away from in fear of shame

 

Synonyms: Cringe, flinch

Antonyms: Stand up to

Term
Disdain
Definition

(v.) To look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully

(n.) A feeling of contempt

 

Synonyms: (v.) Spurn, reject

Antonyms: (v.) Revere, venerate, esteem, respect

Term
Epitaph
Definition

(n.)

A brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone

 

 Synonym: Tombstone inscription

Term
Ethical
Definition

 (adj.)

Having to do woth morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase

 

 Synonyms; Upright, virtuous, honorable

Antonyms: Serious, humorless

Term
Facetious
Definition

 (adj.)

Humerous, not meant seriously

  

Synonyms: Comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek

Antonyms: Immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest

Term
Inaudible
Definition

 (adj.)

Not able to be heard

  

Synonyms: Faint, indistinct

Antonyms: Audible, easily heard

Term
 Indiscriminate
Definition

(adj.)

Without restraint or control; unselective

 

Synonyms: Haphazard, random, uncritical

Antonyms: Selective, descriminating, judicious

Term
Intrigue
Definition

(n.) Crafty dealings, underhanded plotting

(v.) To form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity

  

Synonyms: (n.) Scheme, plot, conspiracy

Antonym: (n.) fair play

Term
Jurisdiction
Definition

 (n.)

An area of authority or control; the right to administer justice

  

Synonym: Purview

Term
Plausible
Definition

(adj.)

Appearing true, reasonable, or fair

  

Synonyms: Believable, probable

Antonyms: Improbable, far-fetched

Term
 Plebeian
Definition

(adj.) Common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class

(n.) A common person, member of the lower class

  

Synonyms: (adj.) Lowborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined

Antonyms: (adj.) Aristocratic, refined, cultivated

Term
 Prodigal
Definition

 (adj.) Wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant

(n.) One who is wasteful and self-indulgent

  

Synonyms: (adj.) Improvident; (n.) Spendthrift, wastrel

Antonyms: (adj.) frugal, economical, stingy, miserly

Term
Proximity
Definition

(n.)

Nearness, closeness 

 

Antonyms: Distance, remoteness

Term
Pulverize
Definition

(v.)

To grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments)

 

 Synonyms: Crush, demolish

Term
Sequel
Definition

 (n.)

That of which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier

  

Synonyms: Follow-up, continuation

Antonyms: Prelude, overture, curtain-raiser

Term
Volatile
Definition

(adj.)

Highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to gaseous state

  

Synonyms: Unstable, erratic

Antonyms: Stable, steady, static, inert, dormant

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