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SadOxford Level F-4
Sadlier Oxford Level F - Unit 4
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| affable | sociable, friendly |
| aggrandize | to increase in greatness |
| amorphous | shapeless, without form, |
| aura | that which surrounds |
| contraband | illegal traffic, smuggled goods |
| erudite | scholarly, learned |
| gossamer | thin, light, delicate |
| infer | to find out by reasoning |
| inscrutable | incapable of being understood |
| insular | situated on an island, narrow in outlook or experience |
| irrevocable | unable of being taken back |
| propensity | natural inclination to |
| querulous | complaining, cranky,touchy |
| remonstrate | to argue or plead with someone against, protest against, object to |
| repudiate | to disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
| resilient | able to return to an original shape or form |
| reverberate | to re-echo, to reflect as in sound |
| scurrilous | abusive, vulgar, or low |
| sedulous | persistent, determined |
| sleazy | thin, cheap, ethically low, inferior |