Vocab Workshop Unit 4 Level F

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affable

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(adj) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
S: genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial
A: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

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aggrandize

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(v) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make apear greater
S: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt
A: reduce, decrease, diminish

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amorphous

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(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

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aura

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(n) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
S: ambience, atmosphere

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contraband

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(n) illegal traffic, smuggled goods:(adj) illegal prohibited
S:(adj) illicit, bootleg, unlawful
A: (adj) legal, lawful, licit

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erudite

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(adj) scholarly, learned, bookish, pendantic
S: profoundly educated, well-read
A: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

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gossamer

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(adj) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial (n) a very thin light cloth
S: filmy, diaphanous, sheer,airy, feathery, gauzy
A: thick, dense, solid, massive

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infer

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(v) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion onthe basis of thought; to hint, suggest,imply
S: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate

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inscrutable

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(adj) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
S: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic
A: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

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insular

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(adj) relating to, characgteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolted in outlook or experience
S: narrow-mined, parochial, provincial
A: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

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irrevocable

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(adj) incapable of being changed or called back
S: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable
A: reversible, changeable

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propensity

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(n) a natural inclination or prediledtion toward
S:natural bent, proclivity, penchant
A: natural, incapacity or inability

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querulous

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(adj) peevish, complaining, fretful
S: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable
A: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, palcid

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remostrate

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(v) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
S: reason against, expostulate

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repudiate

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(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
S: disavow, abjure, renounce
A: avow, affirm, aver, avouch

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resilient

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(adj) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
S: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy
A: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding

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reverberate

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(v) to re-echo, resound, to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
S: rumble, thunder, boom, echo

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scurrilous

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(adj) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low(especially in language) foul-mouth
S: obscene, filthy, abusive, vitupertive
A: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

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sedulous

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(adj) persistent, showing industry and determination
S: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable
A: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose

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sleazy

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(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