Vocabulary: Affable, Aggrandize, Amorphous, Archetype, Aura, Contraband, Erudite

courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

affable

genial

affable

amicable

affable

cordial

affable

(adj.)

affable

surly

affable

cantankerous

affable

dour

affable

inhospitable

affable

to increase in greatness, power, or wealth

to make appear greater; aggrandize

augment

aggrandize

amplify

aggrandize

enhance

aggrandize

exalt

aggrandize

(v.)

aggrandize

reduce

aggrandize

decrease

aggrandize

diminish

aggrandize

shapeless, without definite form

without organization or unity; amorphous

formless

amorphous

unstructured

amorphous

inchoate

amorphous

(adj.)

amorphous

definite

amorphous

well-defined

amorphous

clear-cut

amorphous

an original model or ideal example

archetype

model

archetype

prototype

archetype

epitome

archetype

(n.)

archetype

a distinctive air or personal quality

aura

ambience

aura

atmosphere

aura

(n.)

aura

illegal traffic, smuggled goods

illegal; contraband

bootleg

contraband

unlawful

contraband

(n./adj.)

contraband

legal

contraband

lawful

contraband

licit

contraband

scholarly, learned, bookish

erudite

profoundly educated

erudite

well-read

erudite

(adj.)

erudite

ignorant

erudite

uneducated

erudite

illiterate

erudite

thin, light, delicate

a light cloth; gossamer

filmy

gossamer

diaphanous

gossamer

sheer

gossamer

airy

gossamer

feathery

gossamer

gauzy

gossamer

(adj./n.)

gossamer

dense

gossamer

solid

gossamer

massive

gossamer

incapable of being understood

impossible to see through; inscrutable

impenetrable

inscrutable

incomprehensible

inscrutable

enigmatic

inscrutable

(adj.)

inscrutable

comprehensible

inscrutable

intelligible

inscrutable

penetrable

inscrutable

relating to an island

narrow in outlook; insular

narrow-minded

insular

parochial

insular

provincial

insular

(adj.)

insular

catholic

insular

cosmopolitan

insular

liberal

insular

incapable of being changed or called back

irrevocable

unrecallable

irrevocable

unalterable

irrevocable

(adj.)

irrevocable

reversible

irrevocable

changeable

irrevocable

natural inclination or tendency

propensity

natural bent

propensity

proclivity

propensity

penchant

propensity

(n.)

propensity

natural incapacity

propensity

inability

propensity

peevish, complaining

querulous

petulant

querulous

irritable

querulous

(adj.)

querulous

uncomplaining

querulous

stoical

querulous

to argue or protest against

remonstrate

reason against

remonstrate

expostulate

remonstrate

(v.)

remonstrate

to disown, reject, deny validity

repudiate