VOCABULARY UNIT 5

ADDENDUM

• Noun
• synonyms- attachment, extension,rider
• antonyms- omission
• We quickly added an addendum of writing to our report so
• we would get a good grade.

AGHAST

• adjective
• synonyms- shocked, horrified, stupidefied, mystified
• antonyms- delighted, overjoyed, unmoved
• Her mother was aghast when she looked
• through her daughters texts.

AMPLE

• adjective
• synonyms~ sufficient, adequate, considerable
• antonoyms~ insifficent, inadequate
• Thanks to the very generous donaters we have an ample of
• gifts to give the little orphans for christams.

APPARITION

• noun
• synonoms~ phantom,specter, spirit
• My grandmother could sense there was some
• kind of apparation in the vacation house we were
• staying in.

ASSERT

• verb
• synonoyms~ pronounce, affirm, avow
• All the students assert that their school is
• the best school in Georgia.

COWER

• verb
• synonoyms~ wince, flinch, cringe
• antonoyms~ stand up to
• The little girl cowered in fear as she walked
• into a room full of tall men.

DISDAIN

• verb, noun
• synonoyms~ spurn, reject
• antonoyms~ revere, venerate, esteem, respect
• The teacer disdained the students inappropriate
• clothing.

EPITAPH

• noun
• synonyms~ tombstone inscription, postscript
• The epitaph on Hanna's tombstone was beautiful
• and reflected the amazing life she lived.

ETHICAL

• adjective
• synonyms~ upright, virtious, honorable
• antonyms~ immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest
• People in high school strive to live up to high morals
• and ethical standards.

FACETIOUS

• adjective
• synonyms~ comical, witty
• antonyms~ serious, humorless
• Abby has a very facetious personality
• and always makes people laugh.

INAUDIBLE

• adjective
• synonyms~ faint, indistinct
• antonyms~ audible, perceptible, easily heard
• Sarah had a throat ache and when she talked it was
• almost inaudible.

INDISCRIMINATE

• adjective
• synonyms~ haphazard, random, uncritical
• antonyms~ selective, dicriminating, judicious
• The indiscriminate slaughter of the jews in the
• Holocaust was very inhumane.

INTIGUE

• noun, verb
• synonyms~ scheme, plot, conspiracy
• antonyms~ fair play
• The show criminal minds intrigues many sho enjoy
• crime and mystery shows.

JURISDICTION

• noun
• synonyms~ purview, supervision, authorization
• The final jurisdiction on what the boys punishment
• will be is up to the school principal

PLAUSIBLE

• adjective
• synonyms~ believable, probable
• antonyms~ improbable, unlikely
• Bridegts explantiton on why she was late was not
• very plausible because she kept changing her story.

PLEBIAN

• adjective, noun
• synonyms~ lowborn, proleterian
• antonyms~ aristocrat, refined
• Abby is often compared to a plebian becuase
• of the way she dresses and her awful manners.

PRODIGAL

• adjective, noun
• synonyms~ improvident, spend thrift, wastrel, squander
• antonyms~ frugal, economical, stingy
• My family has a tight budget, but we make exceptions for prodigal
• celebrations like Christmas.

PROXIMITY

• noun
• antonyms~ distance, remotness
• The proximity between Fiona and I in the car
• was a little to close for my liking.

PULVERIZE

• verb
• synonyms~ crushed, compress, demolish
• The construction workers pulverized the house
• with a wrecking ball.

VOLATILE

• adjective
• synonyms~ unstabel, erratic, unpredictable
• antonyms~ stable, steady, static, inert
• Her moods are very volatile when she is hungry.