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Week Four
Week Four Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Affable (adjective) | Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to approach |
| Aggrandize (verb) | To increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify |
| Amorphous (adjective) | Formless, shapeless; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion |
| Aura (noun) | That which surrounds, an atmosphere, ambience; a distinctive air or personal quality |
| Contraband (noun or adjective) | Noun: Illegal traffic, smuggled goods Adjective: Illegal, prohibited |
| Erudite (adjective) | Scholarly, learned, bookish, educated |
| Gossamer (noun or adjective) | Noun: A very thin, light cloth Adjective: Light, delicate, sheet, insubstantial |
| Infer (verb) | To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply |
| Inscrutable (adjective) | Incapable of being understood, incomprehensible; impossible to see through physically, impenetrable |
| Insular (adjective) | Relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience, narrow-minded |
| Irrevocable (adjective) | Incapable of being changed or called back, irreversible |
| Propensity (noun) | A natural inclination or predilection toward, "natural bend" |
| Querulous (adjective) | Complaining, peevish, irritable, cranky |
| Remonstrate (Verb) | To argue or plead against something, to protest against, to object |
| Repudiate (verb) | To disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
| Resilient (adjective) | Able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly, buoyant, elastic, springy |
| Reverberate (verb) | To re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly, to echo |
| Scurrilous (adjective) | Vulgar or obscene in language, coarsely abusive, foul-mouthed |
| Sedulous (adjective) | Persistent, showing industry and determination |
| Sleazy (adjective) | Shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, disreputable |