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Unit 5 Vocabulary

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ADDENDUM (N.)

  • The addendum to the story you wrote really helped to spruce it up.
  • Synonyms: attachment, rider, extension
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AGHAST (ADJ.)

  • The aghast people where very fearful after 911.
  • Synonyms: shocked, horrified, stupefied
  • Antonyms: delighted, overjoyed, unmoved
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AMPLE (ADJ.)

  • The ample amount of food on Thanksgiving could of fed a whole army
  • Synonyms: suffiecent, adequate, considerable
  • Antonyms: insufficient, inadequate
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APPARITION (N.)

  • The apparition figure scared the little girl.
  • Synonyms: phantom, specter
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ASSERT (V.)

  • The lawyer asserted his opinion to the jury.
  • Synonyms: affirm, avow
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COWER (V.)

  • The man cowered at the scary figure in the haunted house.
  • Synonyms: wince, flinch
  • Antonyms: stand up to
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DISDAIN (V.) (N.)

  • I disdain bullies with a burning passion.
  • Synonyms: (v.) spurn, reject
  • Antonyms: (v.) revere, venerate, esteem, respect
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EPITAPH (N.)

  • The epitaph written on the man's grave was very sincere.
  • Synonyms: tombstone inscription
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ETHICAL (ADJ.)

  • The ethical man stood up for what is right.
  • Synonyms: upright, virtuous, honorable
  • Antonyms: immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest
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FACETIOUS (ADJ.)

  • The facetious comment was enjoyed all around emensely.
  • Synonyms: comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek
  • Antonyms: serious, humorless
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INAUDIBLE (ADJ.)

  • The inaudible microphone caused the whole speach to be faulty.
  • Synonyms: faint, indistinct
  • Antoynyms: audible, perceptible
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INDISCRIMINATE (ADJ.)

  • The indiscriminate gesture caused a huge scene.
  • Synonyms: haphazard, random, uncritical,
  • Antonyms: selective , discriminating, judicious
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INTRIGUE (N.) (V.)

  • The intrigue story left me on my toes.
  • Synonyms: scheme, plot, conspiracy
  • Antonyms: fair play
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JURISDICTION (N.)

  • The jurisdiction was off limits to the common man.
  • Synonyms: purview, supervision
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PLAUSIBLE (ADJ.)

  • The plausible event took place, just as I espected.
  • Synonyms: believeable, probable
  • Antonyms: improbable, unbelievable, unlikely
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PLEBEIAN (ADJ.) (N.)

  • Synonyms: lowborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined
  • Antonyms: aristocratic, refined, cultivated
  • The plebeian ate his dinner at McDonald's last night.
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PRODIGAL (ADJ.) (N.)

  • Synonyms: adj.- improvident n- spendthrift, wastrel
  • Anyonyms- adj.- frugal, economical stingy miserly
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PROXIMITY- N

  • The hotel was in proximity
  • Antonyms- distance, remoteness
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PULVERIZE- V

  • The wrecking ball pulverized the buliding.
  • Synonyms compress demolish
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VOLATILE ADJ

  • Synonyms unstable erratic
  • Antonyms stable steady static inert dormant
  • The volatile liquid was very unstable.
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