aghast

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

s:  shocked, horrified, stupefied

a:  delighted, overjoyed, unmoved

ample

(adj) more than enough, large, spacious

s:  sufficient, adequate, considerable

a:  insufficient, inadequate

apparition

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

s:  phantom, specter

assert

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

s:  affirm, avow

cower

(v) to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

s:  cringe, flinch

a:  stand up to

disdain

(v) to look upon with scorn, to refuse scornfully; (n) a feeling or contempt

s:  (v) spurn, reject

a:  (v) revere, venerate, esteem, respect

epitaph

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

s:  tombstone inscription

ethical

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

s:  upright, virtuous, honorable

a:  immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest

facetious

(adj) humorous, not meant seriously

s:  comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek

a:  serious, humorless

inaudible

(adj) not able to be heard

s:  faint, indistinct

a:  audible, easily heard

indiscriminate

(adj) without restraint or control; unselective

s:  haphazard, random, uncritical

a:  selective, discriminating, judicious

intrigue

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

s:  (n) scheme, plot, conspiracy

a:  (n) fair play

jurisdiction

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

s:  purview

plausible

(adj) appearing true, reasonable, or fair

s:  believable, probable

a: improbable, far-fetched

plebeian

(adj) common, vulgar, belonging to the lower class (n) a common person, member of the lower class

s:  (adj) lowerborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined

a:  (adj) aristocratic, refined, cultivated

prodigal

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

s:  (adj) improvident; (n) spredthrift, wastrel

a:  (adj) frugal, economical, stingy, miserly

proximity

(N) nearness, closeness

a:  distance, remoteness

pulverize

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

s:  crush, demolish

sequel

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

s:  follow-up, continuation

a:  prelude, overture, curtain-raiser

volatile

(adj) highly changeable, fickle; tending to ecome violent or explosive; changing readily fromtheliquid to the gaseous state

s:  unstable, erratic

a:  stable, steady, static, inert, dormant