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Unit Five

Unit Five. Grade Eight. 1. aghast ( adj ) filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror syn : shocked, horrified, s tupefied ant : delighted, overjoyed, unmoved. 2. ample ( adj ) more than enough, large, spacious syn : sufficient, adequate, considerable ant : insufficient, inadequate.

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Unit Five

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  1. Unit Five Grade Eight

  2. 1. aghast (adj) filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror syn: shocked, horrified, s tupefied ant: delighted, overjoyed, unmoved

  3. 2. ample (adj) more than enough, large, spacious syn: sufficient, adequate, considerable ant: insufficient, inadequate

  4. 3. apparition (n) a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance syn: phantom, specter

  5. 4. assert (v) to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully syn: affirm, avow

  6. 5. cower (v) to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame syn: cringe, flinch ant: stand up to

  7. 6. disdain (v) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully (n) a feeling of contempt syn: (v) spurn, reject ant: (v) revere, venerate, esteem, respect

  8. 7. epitaph (n) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone syn: tombstone inscription

  9. 8. ethical (adj) having to do with morals, values, right, and wrong; in accordance of standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase syn: upright, virtuous, honorable ant: immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest

  10. 9. facetious (adj) humorous, not meant seriously syn: comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek ant: serious, humorless

  11. 10. inaudible (adj) not able to be heard syn: faint, indistinct ant: audible, easily heard

  12. 11. indiscriminate (adj) without restraint or control; unselective syn: haphazard, random, uncritical ant: selective, discriminating, judicious

  13. 12. intrigue (n) crafty dealings, underhanded plotting (v) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity syn: scheme, plot, conspiracy ant: fair play

  14. 13. jurisdiction (n) an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice syn: purview

  15. 14. plausible (adj) appearing true, reasonable, or fair • syn: believable, probable • ant: improbable, far- fetched

  16. 15. plebeian (adj) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class (n) a common person, member of the lower class syn: (adj) lowborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined ant: (adj) aristocratic, refined, cultivated

  17. 16. prodigal (adj) wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant (n) one who is wasteful and self-indulgent syn: (adj) improvident (n) spendthrift, wastrel ant: (adj) frugal, economical, stingy, miserly

  18. 17. proximity (n) nearness, closeness ant: distance, remoteness

  19. 18. pulverize (v) to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome(as though by smashing into fragments) syn: crush, demolish

  20. 19. sequel (n) that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier syn: follow-up, continuation ant: prelude, overture, curtain-raiser

  21. 20. volatile (adj) highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state syn: unstable, erratic ant: stable, steady, static, inert, dormant

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