Unit 4 Vocabulary level f

Affable

(adj) courteous and pleasant, easy to speak to

aggrandize

(v) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth

amorphous

(adj) shapeless, without definite form

archetype 

(n) an original model on which something was patterened or replicated (ideal example

aura

(n) that which surronds (as an atmosphere)

contraband

(n) illegal traffic,smuggled goods

erudite

(adj) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

gossamer

(adj) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial

inscrutable

(adj) incapabale of being understood, impossible to see through physically

Insular 

(adj) relating to; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

irrevocable

(adj) incapable of being changed or called back

propensity

(n) a natural inclination or predilection toward

querulous

(adj) peevish, complaining, fretful

remonstrate

(v) to argue with someone against something, protest against

repudiate

(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

resilient

(adj) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

reverberate 

(v) to re-echo, to reflect repeatedly

scurrilous

(adj) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language)

sedulous

(adj) persistent, showing determination 

sleazy

(adj) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap