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Affable

(adj.) courteous & pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to



Syn: genial, amicable, cordial


Ant: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

Aggrandize

(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater



Syn: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt


Ant: reduce, decrease, diminish

Amorphous

(adj.) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion



Syn: formless, unstructured, inchoate


Ant: definite, well-defined, clear-cut

Archetype

(n.) an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing



Syn: model, prototype, epitome

Aura

(n.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality



Syn: ambience, atmosphere

Contraband

(n.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods


(adj.) illegal, prohibited



Syn: (adj.) bootleg, unlawful


Ant: (adj.) legal, lawful, licit

Erudite

(adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic



Syn: profoundly educated, well-read


Ant: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

Gossamer

(adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial


(n.) a very thin, light cloth



Syn: (adj.) filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy


Ant: (adj.) dense, solid, massive

Inscrutable

(adj.) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically



Syn: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic


Ant: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

Insular

(adj.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience



Syn:narrow-minded, parochial, provincial


Ant: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

Irrevocable

(adj.) incapable of being changed or called back



Syn: unrecallable, unalterable


Ant: reversible, changeable

Propensity

(n.) a natural inclination or predilection toward



Syn: natural bent, proclivity, penchant


Ant: natural incapacity or inability

Querulous

(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful



Syn: petulant, irritable


Ant: uncomplaining, stoical

Remonstrate

(v.) to argue with someone against something, protest against



Syn: reason against, expostulate

Repudiate

(v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of



Syn: disavow, renounce


Ant: avow, affirm, aver

Resilient

(adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly



Syn: springy, elastic


Ant: rigid, stiff, inflexible

Reverberate

(v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly



Syn: rumble, thunder, boom, echo

Scurrilous

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



Syn: obscene, filthy, abusive vituperative


Ant: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

Sedulous

(adj.) persistent, showing industry and determination



Syn: assiduous, indefatigable


Ant: indolent, listless

Sleazy

(adj.) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable



Syn: inferior, cheesy


Ant: superior, first-rate