Vocab Unit 4
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littlealy123 on September 19, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 affable | adj. courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
| aggrandize | verb. 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 | noun. that which surrounds (an atmosphere); a distinctive air |
| contraband | noun. illegal traffic, smuggled goods |
| erudite | adj. scholarly, learned |
| gossamer | adj. thin, light |
| infer | verb. to find out by reasoning |
| inscrutable | adj. incapable of being understood |
| insular | adj. relating to, characteristic of, |
| irrevocable | adj. incapable of being changed or called back |
| propensity | noun. a natural inclination |
| querulous | adj. peevish, complaining, fretful |
| remonstrate | verb. to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to |
| repudiate | verb. to disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
| resilient | adj. able to return to an original shape or form; ale to recover quickly |
| reverberate | verb. to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly |
| scurrilous | adj. coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language) |
| sedulous | adj. persistent, showing determination |
| sleazy | adj. think or flimsy in texture; cheap; soddy or inferior in quality or character |
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