World's most versatile flashcards

or...
Reset Password Sign Up

ENGLISH- S.O. Vocabulary Unit 4

        Help  

Question
Answer
Affable   Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to.  
Aggrandize   To increase in greatness, power, or wealth.  
Amorphous   Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character.  
Aura   That which surrounds, a distinctive air or peronal quality.  
Contraband   Illegal traffic, smuggled goods.  
Erudite   Scholarly, learned, bookish.  
Gossamer   Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial.  
Infer   To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought.  
Inscrutable   Incapable of being understood.  
Insular   Relating to, characteristic of; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience.  
Irrevocable   Incapable of being changed or called back.  
Propensity   A natural inclination or predilection toward.  
Querulous   Peevish, complaining, fretful.  
Remonstrate   To argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to.  
Repudiate   To disown, reject, or deny the validity of.  
Resilient   Able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly.  
Reverberate   To re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly.  
Scurrilous   Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low especially in language, foul-mouthed.  
Sedulous   Persistent, showing industry and determination.  
Sleazy   Thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character.  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
Follow us on Twitter
Be a StudyStack fan on Facebook
www.eapps.com




Copyright ©2001-2009 John Weidner All rights reserved.
About -  Terms of Service -  Privacy Statement