Vocabulary Level F Unit 4 Key Terms

Affable

(ADJ.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to | Synonyms: genial, amicable, cordial | Antonyms: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

Aggrandize

(V.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensity; to make appear greater | Synonyms: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt | Antonyms: reduce, decrease, diminish

Amorphous

(ADJ.) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion | Synonyms: formless, unstructured, inchoate | Antonyms: 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. | Synonyms: model, prototype, epitome

Aura

(N.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality. | Synonyms: ambience, atmosphere

Contraband

(N.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (ADJ.) illegal, prohibited | Synonyms: (ADJ.) Bootleg, unlawful | Antonyms: (ADJ.) legal, lawful, ilicit

Erudite

(ADJ.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic | Synonyms: profoundly educated, well-read | Antonyms: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

Gossamer

(ADJ.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (N.) a very thin, light cloth | Synonyms: (ADJ.) Filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy | Antonyms: (ADJ.) Dense, solid, massive

Inscrutable

(ADJ.) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically | Synonyms: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic | Antonyms: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

Insular

(ADJ.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or expense | Synonyms: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial | Antonyms: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

Irrevocable

(ADJ.) incapable of being changed or called back | Synonyms: unrecallable, unalterable | Antonyms: reversible, changeable

Propensity

(N.) a natural inclination or predilection toward | Synonyms: natural bent, proclivity, penchant | Antonyms: natural incapacity or inability

Querulous

(ADJ.) peevish, complaining, fretful | Synonyms: petulant, irritable | Antonyms: uncomplaining, stoical

Remonstrate

(V.) to argue with someone against something, protest against | Synonyms: reason against, expostulate

Repudiate

(V.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of | Synonyms: disavow, renounce | Antonyms: avow, affirm, aver

Resilient

(ADJ.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly | Synonyms: springy, elastic | Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible

Reverberate

(V.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or to reflected repeatedly | Synonyms: rumble, thunder, boom, echo

Scurrilous

(ADJ.) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language); foul mouthed | Synonyms: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative | Antonyms: decorous seemly, tasteful, dignified

Sedulous

(ADJ.) persistent, showing industry and determination | Synonyms: assiduous, indefatigable | Antonyms: indolent, listless

Sleazy

(ADJ.) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable | Synonyms: inferior, cheesy | Antonyms: superior, first-rate