| unit 4 vocab. |
definitions |
| affable | couteous and pleasant |
| aggrandize | to increase in greatness |
| amorphous | shapless, without organization |
| aura | a distinctive air or personal quality |
| contraband | illegal, prohibited, smuggled goods |
| erudite | scholarly, bookish |
| gossamer | thin, light, delicate cloth |
| infer | to find out by reasoning, suggest |
| inscrutable | incapable of being understood |
| insular | isolated in outlook or experience |
| irrevocable | incapable of being changed |
| propensity | a natural inclination |
| querulous | peevish, complaining |
| remonstrate | to protest or object to |
| repudiate | to disown, reject, deny validity |
| resilient | able to recover quickly |
| reverberate | to re-echo, resound, reflect |
| scurrilous | coarsely abusive, vulgar, low |
| sedulous | persistent, showing determination |
| sleazy | thin or flimsy in texture, cheap |
