English Unit 5

Front 1

adj. filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror

Back 1

aghast

Front 2

adj. more than enough, large, spacious

Back 2

ample

Front 3

n. a ghost or ghostly figure; and unexplained or unusual appearance

Back 3

apparition

Front 4

v. to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully

Back 4

assert

Front 5

v. to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

Back 5

cower

Front 6

v. to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; n. a feeling of contempt

Back 6

disdain

Front 7

n. a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone

Back 7

epitaph

Front 8

adj. having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase

Back 8

ethical

Front 9

adj. humorous, not meant seriously

Back 9

facetious

Front 10

adj. not able to be heard

Back 10

inaudible

Front 11

adj. without restraint or control; unselective

Back 11

indiscriminate

Front 12

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

Back 12

intrigue

Front 13

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

Back 13

jurisdiction

Front 14

adj. appearing true, reasonable, or fair

Back 14

plausible

Front 15

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

Back 15

plebeian

Front 16

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

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prodigal

Front 17

n. nearness, closeness

Back 17

proximity

Front 18

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

Back 18

pulverize

Front 19

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

Back 19

sequel

Front 20

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

Back 20

volatile