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Vocab Unt 4
English---Sophmore Year
| Words | Definition |
|---|---|
| affable | courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
| aggrandize | to increase in greatness, power or wealth; to build up or intensify |
| amorphous | shapeless, without definite form; without organization, unity, or cohesion |
| aura | that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality |
| contraband | illegal traffic, smuggled goods; |
| erudite | scholarly, learned, boookish, pedantic |
| gossamer | thin, light, delicate, insubstantial |
| infer | to find out by resoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply |
| inscrutable | incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physically |
| insular | relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; 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, vulgur or low (especially in laguage), foul-mouthed |
| sedulous | persistent, showing industry and determination |
| sleazy | thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character |