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

People were ______ at the senseless brutality of the crime.

SYNONYMS:  shoked, horrified, stupefied

ANTONYMS:  delighted, overjoyed, unmoved.

(adj.) more than enough, large, spacious

Thanks to the wet spring weather, birds and other animals will hae an _____ supply of food for the rest of the year.

SYNONYMS:  sufficient, adequate, considerable

ANTONYMS:  insufficient, inadequate

(n.) a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance

The vivid ______ seemed so real that it completely unnerved me.

SYNONYMS:  phantom, specter

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

Throughout the trial and the lengthy appeal process that followed, the defendant firmly _______ her innocence.

SYNONYMS:  affirm, avow

(v.)  to crouch or shrink away from ain fear or shame

The tiny kittens ____ in the corner, obviously firghtened by the huge, growling dog.

SYNONYMS:  cringe, flinch

ANTONYMS:  stand up to

(v.)  to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a felling of contempt

I emphatically _____ their cowardly behavior.

Fair-minded people have only ___ for racism in all its forms.

SYNONYMS:  (v.) spurn, reject

ANTONYMS:  (v.) revere, venerate, esteem, reject

(n.) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone

Most people never stop to consider the words that might one day appear as their own _____.

SYNONYMS:  tombstone inscription

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

New developments in medicine often lead to discussion of important _____ questions.

SYNONYMS:  upright, virtuous, honorable

ANTONYMS:  immpral, inscrupulous, dishonest

(adj.) humorous, not meant seriously

We had to laugh at her ______ remarks.

SYNONYMS:  comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek

ANTONYMS:  serious, humorless

(adj.) no able to be heard

Some high-frequency sounds are ________ to even the keenest human ear.

SYNONYMS:  faint, indistinct

ANTONYMS:  audible, easily heard

(adj.) without restraint or dontrol, unselective

The _____ slaughter of right whales brought that species to the brink of extincion.

SYNONYMS:  Haphazard, random, uncritical

ANTONYMS:  selective, discriminating, judicious

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

Investigators uncovered a shocking network of lines and international ___________.

The old album full of faded family pictures and postcards from exotic places ________ me.

SYNONYMS:  (n.) scheme, plot, conspiracy

ANTONYMS (n):  fair play.

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

Cases involving robbery and assault are usually tried under the ________ of the state cours.

SYNONYMS:  purview

(adj.) appearing tru, reasonable, or fair

Their story didn't sound ________ to me.

SYNONYMS:  believable, probable

ANTONYMS:  improbable, far retched.

(adj.) common, vulgar, belonging to the lower class

Despite the couple's enourmos wealth, thei rtasts in cars and commn person, member of the lwer costs.

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

We have a tight budget, but we make an exceptionally for ________ celebrations on family birthdays.

The elderly man told us that he greatly regretted the years spent living the lofe of a ________.

SYNONYMS:  (adj.) improvident; (n) spendthrift, wastrel

ANTONYMS:  frugal economical, sting, miserly

(n.) nearness, closeness

People with children often choose a house because fo the _______ to schools.

ANTONYMS:  distance, remoteness

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

SYNONYMS:  crush, demolish

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

SYNONYMS:  follow-up; continuation

ANTONYMS:  prelude, overture, curtain-raiser

(adj.) highly changeable, fickle, tending to become violant or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state

A person who is usually calm and collected may nevertheless sometimes behave in a __________ manner.

SYNONYMS:  unstable; erratic.

ANTONYMS:  stable, steady, static inert , or dormant.