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aff'able courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to aggran'dize to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater amor'phous shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion aur'a that which surrounds(as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality er'udite scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic goss'amer thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth infer' to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint; suggest, imply inscru'table incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically in'sular relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience irrev'ocable incapable of being changed or called back propen'sity a natural inclination or predilection toward con'traband illegal, traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited quer'ulous peevish, complaining, fretful remon'strate to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to repu'diate to disown, reject, or deny the validity of resil'ient able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly rever'berate to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly scurr'ilous coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul mouthed sed'ulous persistent, showing industry and determination slea'zy thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable