Vocabulary Unit 4

Affable

Courteous and Pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

Aggrandize

To increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify

Amorphous

Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type of character, without organization

Archetype

an original model on which something was patterned; the ideal example of a particular type of person

Aura

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

Contraband

(noun) illegal traffic, smuggled goods

(Adjective) illegal, prohibited

Erudite

Scholarly, learned, bookish

Gossamer

(adj) thin, delicate, insubstantial

(noun) a very thin, light cloth

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 expensive

Irrevocable

Incapable of being changed or called back

Propensity

a natural inclination or predication toward

Querulous

Peevish, complaining, fretful

Remonstrate

to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against

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; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

scurrilous

foul-mouthed, abusive, vulgar

Sedulous

persistent, showing determination

sleazy

cheap; ethically low, thin or flimsy in texture