| Term | Definition |
|---|
| affable | (adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
| aggrandize | (v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth, to build up or intensify, to make appear greater |
| amorphous | (adj.) shapeless, without definite form, of no particular type or character, without organization, unity, or cohesion |
| aura | (n.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere), distinctive air or personal quality |
| contraband | (n.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods, (adj) illegal, prohibited |
| erudite | (adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pendantic |
| gossamer | (adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial, (n.) a very thin, light cloth, |
| infer | (v) to find out by reasoning, to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought, to hint, suggest, imply |
| inscrutable | (Adj.) incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physically |
| insular | (adj) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island, narrow or isolated in outlook or experience |
| irrevocable | (adj) incapable of being changed or called back |
| propensity | (n) a natural inclination or predilection toward |
| querulous | (adj) peevish, complaining, fretful |
| remonstrate | (v) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to |
| repudiate | (v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
| resilient | (adj) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly |
| reverberate | (v) to re-echo, resound, to reflect or be reflected repeatedly |
| scurrilous | (adj) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed |
| sedulous | (adj) persistent, showing industry and determination |
| sleazy | (adj) thin or flimsy in texture, cheap, shoddy or inferior in quality or character, ethicaly low, mean, or disreputable |
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