Vocab WS unit 5

Question 1

addendum

Answer 1

noun a thing that is added an appendix or addition to a book or a written document
S: attachment rider Extention

Question 2

aghast

Answer 2

adj filled with amazement or terror
S: shocked horrified stupefied
A: delighted overjoyed unmoved

Question 3

cower

Answer 3

verb to crouch or shrink away in fear
S: wince flinch
A: stand up to

Question 4

epitaph

Answer 4

noun a brief statement written on a tomb or a gravestone

S: tombstone inscription

Question 5

ethical

Answer 5

adj having to do with morals values right and wrong in accordance with standards of right conduct requiring a prescription for purchase
S: upright virtuous honorable
A: immoral unscrupulous dihonest

Question 6

inaudible

Answer 6

adj not able to hear
S: faint indistinct
A: audible perceptible

Question 7

intrigue

Answer 7

noun verb crafty dealings
S: scheme plot
A: fair play

Question 8

plausible

Answer 8

adj appearing true
S: reasonable
A: improbable

Question 9

prodigal

Answer 9

noun one who is wasteful

S: spendthrift wastrel

Question 10

volatile

Answer 10

adj highly changeable fickle tending to become violent or explosive
S: unstable erratic
A: stable steady

Question 11

ample

Answer 11

adj more than is needed enough
S: sufficient adequate
A: insufficient inadequate`

Question 12

appiration

Answer 12

noun a ghost or ghostly figure an unusual appearance

S: Phantom specter

Question 13

assert

Answer 13

verb to declare or state as truth maintain or defend

S: affirm avow

Question 14

disdain

Answer 14

verb-noun to look up upon with scorn to refuse, a feeling of contempt

S: spurn reject
A: revere venerate

Question 15

facetious

Answer 15

adj humorous not meant seriously
S: comical witty
A: serious humorless

Question 16

indiscriminate

Answer 16

adj without control unselective
S: haphazard random
A: selective discriminate

Question 17

jurisdiction

Answer 17

noun an area of authority or control

S: purview supervision

Question 18

plebeian

Answer 18

adj noun common vulgar belonging to the lower class a common person member of the lower class
S: lowborn coarse proletarian unrefined
A: aristocratic refined cultivated

Question 19

proximity

Answer 19

noun nearness closeness

A: distance remoteness

Question 20

pulverize

Answer 20

verb: to grind or pound to a powder or dust to destroy or overcome as though by smashing into fragments
S: compress demolish