Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Unit 4 Level F

Front 1

affable

Back 1

courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial

surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

Front 2

aggrandize

Back 2

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

augment, amplify, enhance, exalt

reduce, decrease, diminish

Front 3

amorphous

Back 3

shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; with organization, unity, or cohesion

formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate

definite, well-defined, clear-cut

Front 4

aura

Back 4

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

ambience, atmosphere

Front 5

contraband

Back 5

illegal traffic, smuggled goods, illegal, prohibited

illicit, bootleg, unlawful

legal, lawful licit

Front 6

erudite

Back 6

scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

profoundly educated, well-read

ignorant, uneducated, iliterate

Front 7

gossamer

Back 7

thin, light, delicate, insubstantial, a very thin, light cloth

filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

thick, dense, solid, massive

Front 8

infer

Back 8

to find out by reasoning, to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate

Front 9

inscrutable

Back 9

incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

inpenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

Front 10

insular

Back 10

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

narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

Front 11

irrevocable

Back 11

incapable of being changed or called back

irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable

reversible, changeable

Front 12

propensity

Back 12

a natural inclination or predilection toward

natural bent, proclivity, penchant

natural incapacity or inability

Front 13

querulous

Back 13

peevish, complaining, fretful

petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable

uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid

Front 14

remonstrate

Back 14

to argue or plead with against something, protest against, object to

reason against, expostulate

Front 15

repudiate

Back 15

to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

disavow, abjure, renounce

avow, affirm, aver, avouch

Front 16

resilient

Back 16

able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy

rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding

Front 17

reverberate

Back 17

to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

rumble, thunder, boom, echo

Front 18

scurrilous

Back 18

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

obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative

decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

Front 19

sedulous

Back 19

persistent, showing industry and determination

assiduous, tireless, indefatigable

lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose

Front 20

sleazy

Back 20

thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferiorin quality or character; ethically low, mean, disreputable

inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty

superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy