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General Vocab
7th Grade
05/16/2009

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aghast
Definition

filled with amazement disgust foear or terror

 

synonym:shocked horrified stupefied

 

antonyms:delighted overjoyed unomoved

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ample

 

Definition

more than enought large spacious

 

synonyms:sufficient adequate considerable

 

antonyms:insufficient inadequate

 

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appartion

Definition

a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual apperance

 

synonyms:phantom specter

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assert

Definition

to declare or stat as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully

 

synonyms:affirm avow

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cower

Definition

to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

 

synonyms:cringe flinch

 

antonyms:stand up to

 

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disdain

Definition

to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfull;(n) a feelign of contempt

 

synonyms: spurn reject

 

antonyms:revere venerate esteem respect

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epitaph

Definition

a brief statement written on a tomb

 

synonyms: tombstone insciption

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ethical

Definition

having to do with morals, values right and wrong;in accordance with standards of right conduct

 

synonyms:upright virtuous honorable

 

antonyms:immoral unscrupulous dishonest

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facetious

Definition

humorous not meant seriously

 

synonyms:comical witty tongue-in-cheek

 

antonyms:serious humorless

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inaudible

 

 

Definition

not able to be heard

 

synonyms:faint indistinct

 

antonyms:audible easily heard

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indiscriminate

Definition

without restraint or control; unselective

 

synonyms:haphazard random uncritical

 

antonyms:selective discrimination judicious

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intrigue

Definition

crafty dealings underhanded plotting;(v.) to form and carry out plots

 

synonyms:scheme plot conspiracy

 

antonyms:fair play

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jurisdiction

Definition

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

 

synonyms:purview

 

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plausible

Definition

appering true; reasonable or fair

 

synonyms:believeable, probable

 

antonyms:improbable far-fetched

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prodigal

Definition

wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant

 

synonyms:spendthrift wastrel

 

antonyms:frugal economical stingy miserly

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plebeian

Definition

comomn vulgar; belonging to the lower class;(n.) a common person, member of the lower class

 

synonyms: lowborn proletarian coarse unfefined

 

antonyms:aritocratic refined cultivated

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proximity

Definition

nearness closeness

 

antonyms:distance remoteness

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pulverize

 

Definition

to grind or pund to a powder or dust; to destoy or overcome

 

synonyms:crush demolish

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sequel

Definition

 that which follows a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written before

 

synonyms: follow-up

 

antonyms:relude overture curtain-raiser

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volatile

Definition

highly changeable. fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changin readily from the liquid to the gaseous state

 

synonyms: unstable erratice

 

antonyms:stable steady statice inert dormant

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