Aghast - (adj.) filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror
Synonyms: shocked, horrified, stupefied
Antonyms: delighted, overjoyed, unmoved
Ample - (adj.) more than enough, large, spacious
Synonyms: sufficient, adequate, considerable
Antonyms: insufficient, inadequate
Apparition - (n.) a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance
Synonyms: phantom, specter
Assert - (v.) to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully
Synonyms: affirm, avow
Cower - (v.) to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame
Synonyms: cringe, flinch
Antonym: stand up to
Disdain - (v.) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt
Synonyms: (v.) spurn, reject
Antonyms: (v.) revere, venerate, esteem, respect
Epitaph - (n.) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone
Synonym: tombstone inscription
Ethical - (adj.) having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase
Synonyms: upright, virtuous, honorable
Antonyms: immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest
Facetious - (adj.) humorous, not meant seriously
Synonyms: comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek
Antonyms: serious, humorless
Inaudible - (adj.) not able to be heard
Synonyms: faint, indistinct
Antonyms: audible, easily heard
Indiscriminate - (adj.) without restraint or control; unselective
Synonyms: haphazard, random, uncritical
Antonyms: selective, discriminating, judicious
Intrigue - (n.) crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; (v.) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity
Synonyms: (n.) scheme, plot, conspiracy
Antonym: (n.) fair play
Jurisdiction - (n.) an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
Synonym: purview
Plausible - (adj.) appearing true, reasonable, or fair
Synonyms: believable, probable
Antonyms: improbable, far-fetched
Plebeian - (adj.) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member of the lower class
Synonyms: (adj.) lowborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined
Antonyms: (adj.) aristocratic, refined, cultivated
Prodigal - (adj.) wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self-indulgent
Synonyms: (adj.) improvident; (n.) spendthrift, wastrel
Antonyms: (adj.) frugal, economical, stingy, miserly
Proximity - (n.) nearness, closeness
Antonyms: distance, remoteness
Pulverize - (v.) to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments)
Synonyms: crush, demolish
Sequel - (n.) that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier
Synonyms: follow-up, continuation
Antonyms: prelude, overture, curtain-raiser
Volatile - (adj.) highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state
Synonyms: unstable, erratic
Antonyms: stable, steady, static, inert, dormant
Synonyms: shocked, horrified, stupefied
Antonyms: delighted, overjoyed, unmoved
Ample - (adj.) more than enough, large, spacious
Synonyms: sufficient, adequate, considerable
Antonyms: insufficient, inadequate
Apparition - (n.) a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance
Synonyms: phantom, specter
Assert - (v.) to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully
Synonyms: affirm, avow
Cower - (v.) to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame
Synonyms: cringe, flinch
Antonym: stand up to
Disdain - (v.) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt
Synonyms: (v.) spurn, reject
Antonyms: (v.) revere, venerate, esteem, respect
Epitaph - (n.) a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone
Synonym: tombstone inscription
Ethical - (adj.) having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase
Synonyms: upright, virtuous, honorable
Antonyms: immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest
Facetious - (adj.) humorous, not meant seriously
Synonyms: comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek
Antonyms: serious, humorless
Inaudible - (adj.) not able to be heard
Synonyms: faint, indistinct
Antonyms: audible, easily heard
Indiscriminate - (adj.) without restraint or control; unselective
Synonyms: haphazard, random, uncritical
Antonyms: selective, discriminating, judicious
Intrigue - (n.) crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; (v.) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity
Synonyms: (n.) scheme, plot, conspiracy
Antonym: (n.) fair play
Jurisdiction - (n.) an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
Synonym: purview
Plausible - (adj.) appearing true, reasonable, or fair
Synonyms: believable, probable
Antonyms: improbable, far-fetched
Plebeian - (adj.) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member of the lower class
Synonyms: (adj.) lowborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined
Antonyms: (adj.) aristocratic, refined, cultivated
Prodigal - (adj.) wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; (n.) one who is wasteful and self-indulgent
Synonyms: (adj.) improvident; (n.) spendthrift, wastrel
Antonyms: (adj.) frugal, economical, stingy, miserly
Proximity - (n.) nearness, closeness
Antonyms: distance, remoteness
Pulverize - (v.) to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments)
Synonyms: crush, demolish
Sequel - (n.) that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier
Synonyms: follow-up, continuation
Antonyms: prelude, overture, curtain-raiser
Volatile - (adj.) highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state
Synonyms: unstable, erratic
Antonyms: stable, steady, static, inert, dormant