Unit 5 Flashcards

1
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aghast

A

Filled with amazement, adjust, fear, or terror

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Ample

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More than enough, large, spacious

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3
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Apparition

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A ghost or ghostly figure, an unexplained or unusual appearance

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4
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Assert

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

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5
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Cower

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To crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

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6
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Disdain

A

To look

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7
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indiscriminate

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without restraint or control; unselective

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intrigue

A

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

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9
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jurisdiction

A

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

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10
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plausible

A

appearing true, reasonable, or fair

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plebeian

A

common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member
of the lower class

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12
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prodigal

A

wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is
wasteful and self-indulgent

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13
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proximity

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nearness, closeness

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14
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pulverize

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to ground or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by
smashing into fragments)

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15
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sequel

A

that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one
written or made earlier

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16
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volatile

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highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing
readily from the liquid to the gaseous state