Unit Five Vocab

(adj.) filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror

syn: shocked, horrified, stupefied

ant: delighted, overjoyed, unmoved

• disdain

• aghast

• cower

• intrigue

(adj.) more than enough, large, spacious

syn: sufficient, adequate, considerable

ant: insufficient, inadequate

• jurisdiction

• proximity

• ample

• assert

(n.) thing that is added; appendix or addition to a book or written document

syn: attachment, rider, extension

• addendum

• apparition

• epitaph

• jurisdiction

(n.) ghost or ghostly figure; unexplained or unusual appearance

syn: phantom, specter

• addendum

• epitaph

• aghast

• apparition

(v.) to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully

syn: affirm, avow

• assert

• intrigue

• cower

• pulverize

(v.) to crouch or shrink away in fear or shame

syn: wince, flinch

ant: stand up to

• assert

• cower

• aghast

• disdain

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

(n.) feeling of contempt

syn: (v.) spurn, reject

ant: (v.) revere, venerate, esteem, respect

• intrigue

• facetious

• disdain

• cower

(n.) brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone

syn: tombstone inscription

• jurisdiction

• apparition

• addendum

• epitaph

(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

• ethical

• facetious

• volatile

• plausible

(adj.0 humorous, not meant seriously

syn: comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek

ant: serious, humorless

• facetious

• ethical

• plausible

• volatile