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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