Chapter 5
Published on Feb 09, 2016
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MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The child left an addendum at the end of the letter telling his father that he loved him.
Noun
S: attachment rider extension
Addendum
Kim was aghast with disgust when she was shoved by a rude fan.
Adjective
S: shocked horrified stupefied
A: delighted overjoyed unmoved
Aghast
The ample amount of food I consumed on thanksgiving took years off my life.
Adjective
S: sufficient adequate considerable
A: insufficient inadequate
Ample
The ghostly apparition that wandered in the night was no myth.
Noun
S: phantom specter
Apparition
The horrified cowering girl backed up against a wall away from the murderer
Verb
S: wince flinch
A: stand up to
Cower
MLK asserted the idea of all humans being equal.
Verb
S: affirm avow
Assert
Khloe disdained the idea of going to a dull conference.
Verb and Noun
S: (v) spurn reject
A: (v) revere venerate esteem respect
Disdain
The epitaph for he man was short and revealed his personality.
Noun
S: tombstone inscription
Epitaph
The facetious young man wore a quirky outfit and sarcastic grin all day.
Adjective
S: comical witty tongue in cheek
A: serious humorless
Facetious
Mother Teresa was an ethical woman who always put others before herself.
Adjective
S: upright virtuous honorable
A: immoral unscrupulous dishonest
Ethical
The mother's voice was inaudible to the daughter who was playing loud music.
Adjective
S: faint indistinct
A: audible perceptible
Inaudible
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The indiscriminate choice of who would be on what team was unfair.
Adjective
S: haphazard random uncritical
A: selective discriminating judicious
Indiscriminate
The intrigued male watched his teacher with bright eyes.
Noun and verb
S: (n) scheme plot conspiracy
A: (n) fair play
Intrigue
The jurisdiction of the talent show based solely on looks.
Noun
S: purview supervision
Jurisdiction
The plausible setting of middle class America presented a boring plot for the new show.
Adjective
S: believable probable
A: improbable unbelievable unlikely
Plausible
The prodigal woman spent thousands of dollars on clothes she would never wear.
Adjective and noun
S:(adj) improvident (n) spendthrift wastrel
A:(adj) frugal economic stingy miserly
Prodigal
The plebeian worker sat in a cramped cubicle all day and drank his coffee black.
Adjective and noun
S:(adj) lowborn proletarian coarse unrefined
A:(adj) aristocratic refined cultivated
Plebeian
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