 | Term | Definition |
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affable |
courteous and pleasant, sociable, amicable |
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aggrandize |
to increase in greatness, power, or wealth |
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amorphous |
shapeless, without definite form |
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aura |
a distinctive air or personal quality, atmosphere |
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contraband |
illegal traffic, smuggled goods |
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erudite |
scholarly, learned, bookish |
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gossamer |
thin, light, delicate, insubstantial |
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infer |
to suggest, imply, deduce |
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inscrutable |
incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physically |
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insular |
relating to an island, narrow in outlook or experience |
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irrevocable |
incapable of being changed or called back |
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propensity |
a natural inclination, proclivity |
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querulous |
peevish, complaining, fretful |
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remonstrate |
to protest against, object to, reason against |
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repudiate |
to disavow, renounce |
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resilient |
able to return back to an original shape or form, elastic |
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reverberate |
to re-echo, resound, to reflect |
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scurrilous |
obscene, vulgar, abusive |
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sedulous |
persistent, showing determination, assiduous |
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sleazy |
cheap, inferior in quality or character, ethically low |
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