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Section 5 Vocab

Published on Dec 22, 2015

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ADDENDUM

  • Noun
  • Attachment,rider,extension
  • We added a deck as an addendum to the new house we bought
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AGHAST

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: Shocked, horrified, stupified
  • Antonyms: Delighted,lverjoyed,unmoved
  • I was aghast at the horrible news about the crime.
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AMPLE

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: sufficient, adequate, considerable
  • Antonyms: insufficient, inadequate
  • The pioneers only had a n ample amount of supplies in their wagon
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APPARITION

  • Noun
  • Synonyms: phantom,specter
  • My sister began freaking out when she claimed she saw an apparition
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ASSERT

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: affirm,avow
  • The man asserted his faith in front of the angry crowd of people
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COWER

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: wince, flinch
  • Antonymys: stand up to
  • The boy cowered away from the incoming ball
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DISDAIN

  • Verb, noun
  • Synonmys: spurn,reject
  • Antonyms: revere, venerate, esteem, respect
  • I disdain people who have racist feelings
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EPITAPH

  • Noun
  • Synonyms: tombstone insricption
  • I could barley see the epitaph written on my grandfather's tombstone.
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ETHICAL

  • Adjective
  • Synonmys: upright, virtuous, honorable
  • Antonyms: immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest
  • The man was ethical and had very good morals that he lived by
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FACETIOUS

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: comical, witty, tongue in cheek
  • Antonyms: serious, humorless
  • She made a very facetious face at us, which caused us to laugh
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INAUDBLE

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: faint, indistinct
  • Antonyms: audible, perceptible
  • The play was inaudible to the quarterback because the crowd was so loud.
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INDISCRMINATE

  • Adjective
  • Syonyms: haphazard, random, uncritical
  • Antonyms: selective, discriminating, judicious
  • The indiscriminate crowd surged through the streets after the election
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INTRIGUE

  • Noun and verb
  • Synonyms: scheme, plot, consipiracy
  • Antonyms: fair play
  • The new book intrigued me, so i kept reading to find out more
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JURISDICTION

  • Noun
  • Synonyms: purview, supervision
  • The teacher left the classroom under my jusridiction until she got back
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PLAUSIBLE

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: believable, probable
  • Antonyoms: improbable, unbelievable, unlikely
  • The defendants case sounded palusible to me
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PLEBIAN

  • Adjective
  • Synonmys: lowborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined
  • Antonyms: aristocratic, refined, cultivated
  • The new shoes he bought looked plebian to me
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PRODIGAL

  • Adjective and noun
  • Synonyms: improvident(n) spendthrift, wastrel
  • Antonyms: frugal, economical, stingy, miserly
  • The kings son was very prodigal and wasted all the riches of his father
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PROXIMITY

  • Noun
  • Antonyms: distance, demolish
  • The firemen stood within proximity of each toher talking about the fire
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PULVERIZE

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: compress, demolish
  • The crane puleverized the building into rubble
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VOLATILE

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms:unstable, erratic
  • Antonyms: stable, steady, static, inert, dormant
  • The emotions of the boy were very volatile and we never knew what would happen with him

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