Unit 5

Question 1

aghast

Answer 1

Filled with amazement, adjust, fear, or terror

Question 2

Ample

Answer 2

More than enough, large, spacious

Question 3

Apparition

Answer 3

A ghost or ghostly figure, an unexplained or unusual appearance

Question 4

Assert

Answer 4

To declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully

Question 5

Cower

Answer 5

To crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

Question 6

Disdain

Answer 6

To look

Question 7

indiscriminate

Answer 7

without restraint or control; unselective

Question 8

intrigue

Answer 8

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

Question 9

jurisdiction

Answer 9

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

Question 10

plausible

Answer 10

appearing true, reasonable, or fair

Question 11

plebeian

Answer 11

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

Question 12

prodigal

Answer 12

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

Question 13

proximity

Answer 13

nearness, closeness

Question 14

pulverize

Answer 14

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

Question 15

sequel

Answer 15

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

Question 16

volatile

Answer 16

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