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Unit 5 Vocab

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ADDENDUM

  • Noun
  • Synonyms: attachment,rider,extrnsion
  • In the paragraph the teacher added an addendum to the eassay.
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AGHAST

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: shocked,horrified, stupefied
  • Antonyms: delighted, overjoyed, unmoved
  • Everyone was taken aghast when the gunshot rang out.
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AMPLE

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: sufficient, adequete, considerable
  • Antonyms: insufficient, inadequete
  • Thanks to the great weather we will have an ample supply of fruit.
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APPARITION

  • Noun
  • Synonyms: phantom, slector
  • Evetyonr was scared from the apparition on Halloween.
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ASSERT

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: affirm, avow
  • The judge asserted that the person is guilty.
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COWER

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: wince, flinch
  • Antonym: stand up to
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DISDAIN

  • Verb, noun
  • Synonyms: spurn, reject
  • Antonyms: revere, venerate, esteem, respect
  • I disdain people who are hippocrits
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EPITAPH

  • Noun
  • Synonyms: tombstone, inscription
  • The epitaph on the tombstone was written nicely.
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ETHICAL

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: upright, virtous, honorable
  • Antonyms: immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest
  • The ethical thoughts of the man were praised.
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FACETIOUS

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: comicals, witty, tongue-in-cheek
  • Antonyms: serious, humorless
  • The facetious acts of the kid were hilarous.
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INAUDIBLE

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: faint, distinct
  • Antonyms: audible, perceptible
  • No one can hear the inaudible speaker
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INDISCRIMINATE

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: haphazard, random, uncritical
  • Antonyms: selective, discrimating, judicious
  • He was indiscriminate in his selection for players on his team.
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INTRIGUE

  • Verb, Noun
  • Synonyms: scheme, plot, conspiracy
  • Antonyms: fair play
  • The speaker of the meeting was very intriguing.
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JURISDICTION

  • Noun
  • Synonyms: purview, supervision
  • The jurisdiction of the children were not enough.
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PLAUSIBLE

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: beliveable, probable
  • Antonyms: improbable, unbelievable, unlikey
  • He is a very plausible man, those people are likely to be in a commercial.
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PLEBIAN

  • Noun, adjective
  • Synonyms: lowborn, protarian, coarse, unrefined
  • Antonyms: aristocrat, refined, cultivated
  • Some plebian people live in homeless shelters.
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PRODIGAL

  • Adjective, noun
  • Synonyms: improvident, spendthrift, wastrel
  • Antonyms: frugal, economical, stingy, miserly
  • The Prodigal Son is about a son who wastes his inheritance.
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PROXIMITY

  • Noun
  • Antonyms: distance, remoteness
  • The proximity of the house was really small.
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PULVERISE

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: compress, demolish
  • He can pulverise rocks with his bare hands.
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VOLATILE

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: unstable, erratic
  • Stable, steady, static, inert, dormant
  • Some people have volatile behavior, it is hard to predict.

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