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Vocabulary #4

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aggrandize   to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater  
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inscrutable   impossible to see through physically; incapable of being understood  
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archtype   an origional model after which similar things are patterned; a perfect or typical example  
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erudite   scholarly, learned, boorish, pedantic  
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infer   to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply  
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affable   courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to  
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amorphous   shapeless, w/o definate form; of no particular type or character; w/o organization, unity, or cohesion  
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gossamer   thin, light, delicate, insubstantial, avery light/thin cloth  
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aura   that which surrounds (as a atmosphere); a distinctive air or personality quality  
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insular   realating to characteristic of, or situated on a island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experiance  
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contraband   illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited  
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sleazy   thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy , or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disrepudiate  
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irrevocable   incapable of being changed or called back  
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sedulous   persistent, showing industry and determination  
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remonstrate   to argue or plead w/ someone against something, protest against, object to  
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retrench   to cut down, reduce in scope and cost  
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resilient   able to return to an origional shape or form; able to recover  
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reverberate   to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly  
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querulous   peevish, complaning, fretful  
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repudiate   to disown, reject, or deny the validity of something  
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propensity   a natural inclination or bent twards something  
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scurrilous   coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed  
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