Unit 4 Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level F

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Affable

Back 1

Definition:

-Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to.

Synonyms:

-Genial, amicable, cordial.

Antonyms:

-Surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable.

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Aggrandize

Back 2

Definition:

-Increase in greatness, power, or wealth, to build up or intensify, to make appear greater.

Synonyms:

-Augment, amplify, enhance, exalt.

Antonyms:

-Reduce, decrease, diminish.

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Amorphous

Back 3

Definition:

-Shapeless, without definite form, no particular type of character, without organization, unity, or cohesion.

Synonyms:

-Formless, unstructured, inchoate.

Antonyms:

-Definite, well-defined, clear-cut.

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Archetype

Back 4

Definition:

-Original model on which something was patterned or replicated, the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing.

Synonyms:

-Model, prototype, epitome.

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Aura

Back 5

Definition:

-That which surrounds (as an atmosphere), a distinctive air or personal quality.

Synonyms:

-Ambience, atmosphere.

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Contraband

Back 6

Definition:

-Illegal traffic, smuggled goods, illegal, prohibited.

Synonyms:

-Bootleg, unlawful.

Antonyms:

-Legal, lawful, licit.

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Erudite

Back 7

Definition:

-Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic.

Synonyms:

-Profoundly educated, well-read.

Antonyms:

-Ignorant, uneducated, illiterate.

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Gossamer

Back 8

Definition:

-Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial, a very thin, light cloth.

Synonyms:

-Filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy.

Antonyms:

-Dense, solid, massive.

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Inscrutable

Back 9

Definition:

-Incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physically.

Synonyms:

-Impentratable, incomprehensible, enigmatic.

Antonyms:

-Comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable.

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Insular

Back 10

Definition:

-Relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island, narrow or isolated in outlook experience.

Synonyms:

-Narrow-minded, parochial, provincial.

Antonyms:

-Catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal.

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Irrevocable

Back 11

Definition:

-Incapable of being changed or called back.

Synonyms:

-Unrecallable, unalterable.

Antonyms:

-Reversible, changeable.

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Propensity

Back 12

Definition:

-Natural inclination or predilection toward.

Synonyms:

-Natural bent, proclivity, penchant.

Antonyms:

-Natural incapacity or inability.

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Querulous

Back 13

Definition:

-Peevish, complaining, fretful.

Synonyms:

-Petulant, irritable.

Antonyms:

-Uncomplaining, stoical.

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Remonstrate

Back 14

Definition:

-Argue with someone against something, protest against.

Synonyms:

-Reason against, expostulate.

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Repudiate

Back 15

Definition:

-Disown, reject, or deny the validity of.

Synonyms:

-Disavow, renounce.

Antonyms:

-Avow, affirm, aver.

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Resilient

Back 16

Definition:

-Able to return to an original shape or form, able to recover quickly.

Synonyms:

-Springy, elastic.

Antonyms:

-Rigid, stiff, inflexible.

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Reverberate

Back 17

Definition:

-Re-echo, resound, reflect or be reflected repeatedly.

Synonyms:

-Rumble, thunder, boom, echo.

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Scurrilous

Back 18

Definition:

-Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed.

Synonyms:

-Obscene, filthy, abusive, vitperative.

Antonyms:

-Decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified.

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Sedulous

Back 19

Definition:

-Persistent, showing industry and determination.

Synonyms:

-Assiduous, indefatigable.

Antonyms:

-Indolent, listless.

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Sleazy

Back 20

Definition:

-Thin or flimsy in texture, cheap, shoddy or inferior in quality or character, ethically low, mean, or disreputable.

Synonyms:

-Inferior, cheesy.

Antonyms:

-Superior, first-rate.