ch 4 vocab Flashcards
courteous and plesant, sociable, easy to speak to
Syngenial, amicable, cordial
]Ant:Surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable
adj affable
to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
Syyn: argument, amplify,l enhance, exalt
Ant: reduce, decrease, diminish
(verb) aggrandize
shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion (adj)amorphous
(adj)amorphous
an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing
Syn: Model, prototype, epitome
(noun) archetype
that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distincitve air or personal quality
Syn: ambience, atmosphere
(noun)Aura
illegal traffic, smuggled goods
(noun) Contraband
illegal, prohibited
Syn: bootleg, unlawful
Ant: legal, lawful, licit
(adj) contraband
scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
Syn: profoundly educated, well-read
Ant:ignorant, unedeucated, illiterate
(adj) erudite
thin, light, delicate, insubstantial
Syn:filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy
Ant: dense, solid, massive
(adj) gossamer
very thin, light cloth
(noun)gossamer
incaplable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
Syn: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic
Ant: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrate
(adj)inscrutable
relating to , characteristic of, or situated on an isloand; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
Syn: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial
Ant: catholic, cosmopolitian, liberal
(Adj) insular
Incapable of being changed or called back
Syn: unrecallable, unalterable
Ant: reversible, changeable
(adj) irrevocable
a natural inclination or pedilection toward
Syn: natural bent, proclivity, penchant
Ant: natural incapacity or inability
(noun)Propensity
peevish, complaining, fretful
Syn: petulant,. irritable
Ant: uncomplaining, stocial
(adj)querulous
to argue with someone against something, protest against
Syn: reason against, expostulate
(verb)Remonstrate`
to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
Syn: disavow, renounce
Ant: avow, affirm, aver
(verb) Repudiate
able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
Syn: springy, elastic
Ant: rigid, stiff, inflexible
(adj) resilient
to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
Syn: rumble, thunder, boom, echo
(verb) reverberate
coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed
Syn: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative
Ant: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified
(adj) scurrilous
persistent, showing industry and determination
Syn: assiduous, indefatigable
Ant: indolent, listless
(adj) sedulous
thin or flimsy in texture: cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character: ethically low, mean, or disreputable
Syn: inferior, cheesy
Ant: superior, first-rate
(adj) sleazy
