unit 5
Terms
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- proxomity
- nearness, closeness
- ethical
- having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of ritht conduct; requiring a prescrtptin for purchase
- volatile
- highly changeable,fickle; tending to become violent or explosive;changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state
- pulverize
- to grind or pound to a powder or dust: to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments)
- indiscriminate
- without restraint or control; unselective
- epitaph
- a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone
- inaudible
- not able to be heard
- disdain
- to look upon with scorn;to refuse scornfully-(n.)a feeling of contempt
- jurisdiction
- an area of authoritiy or control; the right to administer justice
- apparition
- a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual apperance
- plausible
- appereaing true, reasonable, or fair
- fascetious
- humorous, not meant seriously
- sequel
- that which follows, a result; a literarywork or film continuing the story of one written or maqde earlier
- prodigal
- wastefully exravagent;lavishly or generously aboundant- (n.)one who is wasteful and self-indulgent
- plebeian
- common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class-(n.) a common person, member of the lower class
- assert
- to declare or state as the truthg,maintain or defend, put forward forcefully
- intrigue
- crafty dealings, underhanded plotting(v.) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity
- cower
- to crouch or shrink away from fear or shame
- aghast
- filled with amazment, disgust, fear, or terror
- ample
- more than enough, large, spacious