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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); a distinctive air or personal quality contraband (n.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj.) illegal, prohibited erudite (adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic 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; ethically low, mean, or disreputable