Unit 4 Vocab 10.26.05

Front 1

Aura

Back 1

That which surrounds a distinctive air or personal quality

Hint 1

Aura sounds like air which is part of the definition

Front 2

Amorphous

Back 2

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

Hint 2

Animorphs where shapeless when they were morphing and were confused so they didnt have organization

Front 3

Aggrandize

Back 3

To increase in greatness,power or wealth;
To build up, to intensify
To make appear greater

Hint 3

Grand stands for power and wealth;
When you make something grand you want it to look bigger than it appears

Front 4

Affable

Back 4

Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

Hint 4

Affable rythmes with laughable...your easy to speak to if you laugh

Front 5

Contraband

Back 5

Illegal traffic, smuggled goods, illegal prohibited

Hint 5

The band were cons and smuggled illegal items

Front 6

Erudite

Back 6

Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

Hint 6

Erud sounds like nerd, so they are bookish

Front 7

Gossamer

Back 7

Thin, light, delicate insubstantial
A very thin, light cloth

Hint 7

Think that a person named sam is thin and delicate b/c he always gos

Front 8

Infer

Back 8

To find out by reasoning
To arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought
To hint
Suggest
Imply

Hint 8

You want to In or find fer or information

Front 9

Inscrutable

Back 9

Incapable of being understood
Impossible to see through physically

Hint 9

The TABLE is unable to be understood b/c it doesnt talk

Front 10

Insular

Back 10

Relating to characteristics of,
Situated on a island
Narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

Front 11

Irrevocable

Back 11

Incapable of being changed or called back

Hint 11

In a vocal contest it is hard to be called back or change the way you performed

Front 12

Propensity

Back 12

A natural inclination or prediction toward

Hint 12

We you think your a pro at something such as collecting PENS you have a natural attracted to it

Front 13

Querulous

Back 13

Peevish, complaining, fretful

Hint 13

Think the quer person is always complaining and very peevish

Front 14

Remonstrate

Back 14

To argue or plead with someone against something

Hint 14

Remon looks like remand
So you remand strate(straight) or against something

Front 15

Repudiate

Back 15

To disown, reject or deny the validity of

Hint 15

The REPresentative disowned your case...
Looks like
Rep(representative)
u (you)
di (deny)

Front 16

Resilient

Back 16

Able to return to an orginial shape or form able to recover quickly

Hint 16

Silient...if your silient you will recover quicker

Front 17

Reverberate

Back 17

To re-echo, resound,
To reflect or be reflected repeatedly

Hint 17

Verberate sounds like viberate..when you sing the sound viberates around which makes it reecho

Front 18

Scurrilous

Back 18

Coarsely abusive,vulgar or low foul mouthed

Hint 18

Scurr kinda of sounds like scoorge..
He was mean....

Front 19

Sedulous

Back 19

Persistent
Showing industry and determination

Hint 19

Your sed(sounds like set) out to do somthing and are determined

Front 20

Sleazy

Back 20

Thin or flimsy in texture;
Cheap;Shoddy or inferior in quality or character ethically low, mean or disrespectable

Hint 20

Sleazy sounds like sneeze...
Think when you sneeze its cause your cold so your cheap and shoddy b/c you dont have heat...this also makes you mean b/c you sleep on a thin texture....