level f unit 4

affable

SYNONYMS: courteous, pleasant, sociable, genial, amicable

affable

ANTONYMS: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

aggrandize

SYNONYMS: augment, amplify, intensify, build up, enhance, exalt

aggrandize

ANTONYMS: reduce, decrease, diminish

amorphous

SYNONYMS: shapeless, unorganized, formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate

amorphous

ANTONYMS: definite, well-defined, clear-cut

aura

SYNONYMS: ambience, atmosphere

contraband

SYNONYMS: (n) illegal traffic, smuggled goods

(adj) illegal, prohibited, illicit, bootleg, unlawful

contraband

ANTONYMS: (adj) legal, lawful, licit

erudite

SYONYMS: scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic, profoundly educated, well-read

erudite

ANTONYMS: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

gossamer

SYNONYMS: (adj) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial, filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

gossamer

ANTONYMS: (adj) thick, dense, solid, massive

infer

SYNONYMS: gather, imply, hint, suggest, deduce, presume, guess, speculate

archetype

SYNONYMS: model, prototype, epitome, ideal

inscrutable

SYNONYMS: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

inscrutable

ANTONYMS: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

insular

SYNONYMS: narrow-minded, isolated, parochial, provincial

insular

ANTONYMS: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

irrevocable

SYNONYMS: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable

irrevocable

ANTONYMS: reversible, changeable

propensity

SYNONYMS: predilection, inclination, natural bent, proclivity, penchant

propensity

ANTONYMS: natural incapacity or inability

querulous

SYNONYMS: peevish, complaining, fretful, petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable

querulous

ANTONYMS: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid

remonstrate

SYNONYMS: reason against, plead with, argue with, protest against, object to, expostulate

repudiate

SYNONYMS: disown, reject, deny, disavow, abjure, renounce

repudiate

ANTONYMS: avow, affirm, aver, avouch

resilient

SYNONYMS: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy

resilient

ANTONYMS: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding

reverberate

SYNONYMS: rumble, thunder, boom, echo

scurrilous

SYNONYMS: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative, vulgar, foul-mouthed

scurrilous

ANTONYMS: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

sedulous

SYNONYMS: persistent, assiduous, tireless, indefatigable

sedulous

ANTONYMS: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose

sleazy

SYNONYMS: thin or flimsy in texture,, cheap, shoddy, inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty, ethically low, mean, disreputable

sleazy

ANTONYMS: Superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy