Unit 4 English Vocabulary
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- affable
- courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
- aggrandize
- to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
- amorphous
- shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity or cohesion
- aura
- that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
- contraband
- illegal traffic, smuggled good; illegal, prohibited
- erudite
- scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
- gossamer
- thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thing, light cloth
- infer
- to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
- inscrutable
- incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
- insular
- relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
- irrevocable
- incapable of being changed or called back
- propensity
- a natural inclination or predilection toward
- querulous
- peevish, complaining, fretful
- remonstrate
- to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
- repudiate
- to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
- resilient
- able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
- reverberate
- to re-echo, resound, to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
- scurrilous
- coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed
- sedulous
- persistent, showing industry and determination
- sleazy
- thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable