Midterm Vocab Review

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Affable

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Adj
def: Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak]

Syn: genial,amicable, agreeable, cordial

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aggrandize

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Verb
Def: to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater

syn: augment, amplify, enhance,exait

ant: reduce, decrease, diminish

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amorphous

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adj
def:shapeless, without definite form; of no particulare type or character; without organization, unity, or cohension

syn: formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate

ant: definite, well defined, clear out

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aura

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noun
def: that which surrounds (atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality

syn: ambience, atmosphere
ant:NONE

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contraband

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noun
def:illegal traffic, smuggled good
(adj) illegal, prohibited

syn:illicit, bootleg, unlawful
ant: legal, lawful, licit

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erudite

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adj
def:scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

syn:profoundly educated, well-read

ant:ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

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gossamer

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adj
def:thin, light, delicate, insubstantial
(noun) a very thin light cloth

syn:filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

any:thick, dense, solid, massive

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infer

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verb
def:to find out by reasoing; to arrice at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint; suggest or imply

syn:gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate
ant:NONE

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inscrutable

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adj
def:incapable of being understood, impossible to see though physically

syn: impenatrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

ant: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

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insular

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adj
relating ro, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

syn: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

ant:catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

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irrevocable

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adj
incable of being changed or called back

syn:irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable

ant: reversible, changeable

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propensity

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noun
def: a natural inclination or predilection toward

syn: natural bent, proclivity, penchant

ant:natural incapicty or inability

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querulous

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adj
def:peevish, complaining, fretful

syn: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable

ant: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid

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remonstrate

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verb
def:to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to

syn:reason against, expostulate

ant: NONE

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repudiate

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verb
def: to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

syn:disavow, abjure, renounce

ant:avow, affirm, aver, avouch

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pesilient

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adj
def:able to return to an original shape or form, able to recover quickly

syn:sprringy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy

ant:rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding

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reverberate

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verb
def: to re-echo, resound; to relfect or be reflected repeatedly

syn:rumble,thunder, boom, echo
ant:NONE

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scurrilous

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adj
def:coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed

syn:obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative

ant:decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

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sedulous

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adj
def: persistant, showing industry and determination

syn:assiduos, tireless, indefatigable

ant: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose

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sleazy

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adj
def: thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character, ethicaslly low, mean, or disreputable

syn:inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty

ant:superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy