Vocab Words #4 Word Scramble
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(v) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater | S: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt; A: reduce, decrease, diminish | aggrandize |
(adj) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion | S: formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate; A: definite, well-defined, clear-cut | amorphous |
(n) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality | S: ambience, atmosphere | aura |
(n) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj) illegal, prohibited | S: (adj) illicit, bootleg, unlawful; A: legal, lawful, licit | contraband |
(adj) scholarly, learned, bookish, pendantic | S: profoundly educated, well-read; A: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate | erudite |
(adj) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n) a very thin, light cloth | S: (adj) filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy; A: (adj) thick, dense, solid, massive | gossamer |
(v) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply | S: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate | infer |
(adj) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically | S: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic; A: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable | inscrutable |
(adj) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience | S: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial; A: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal | insular |
(adj) incapable of being changed or called back | S: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable; A: reversible, changeable | irrevocable |
(n) a natural inclination or predilection toward | S: natural bent, proclivity, penchant; A: natural incapacity or inability | propensity |
(adj) peevish, complaining, fretful | S: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable; A: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid | querulous |
(v) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to | S: reason, against, expostulate | remonstrate |
(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of | S: disavow, abjure, renounce; A: avow, affirm, aver, avouch | repudiate |
(adj) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly | S: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy; A: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding | resilient |
(v) to re-echo, resound; to reflect to be reflected repeatedly | S: rumble, thunder, boom, echo | reverberate |
(adj) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed | S: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative; A: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified | scurrilous |
(adj) persistant, showing industry and determination | S: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable; A: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose | sedulous |
(adj) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable | S: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty; A: superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy | sleazy |
(adj) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to | S: genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial; A: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable | affable |
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