Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five

filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror.

• aghast

• disdain

• assert

• indiscriminate

more than enough, large, spacious

• sequel

• ample

• prodigal

• plebian

to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully

• disdain

• indiscriminate

• intrigue

• assert

to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

• cower

• aghast

• inaudible

• plausible

Match the following

• hiatus

• The singer decided to take a ... from touring for a while to rest her voice.

• simulate

• The national anthem can ... strong emotions of pride in some citizens.

• prerogative

• It may be useful to have lamps that ... sunlight to help you wake up naturally.

• provincial

• As the president of the debate team, I have the ... to accept or reject applicants.

• elicit

• He is so ... that he welcomes today's trends in style and fashion.

to look upon with score; to refuse scornfully, a feeling of contempt

• aghast

• disdain

• indiscriminate

• apparition

humorous, not meant seriously

• facetious

• prodigal

• plausible

• pulverize

without restraint or control; unselective

• assert

• plebian

• indiscriminate

• prodigal

crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity

• aghast

• assert

• facetious

• intrigue

an area of authority or control; the right to adminster justice

• jurisdiction

• indiscriminate

• disdain

• epitaph