Chapter 4 Flashcards

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Affable

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Courteous and pleasant sociable easy to speak to

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Aggrandize

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To increase in greatness our Orwell to build up or intensify to make appear greater

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Amorphous

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Shapeless, without definite form; no particular type or character; without organization, unity or cohesion

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4
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Aura

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

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5
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Erudite

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Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

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Gossamer

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Then, light, delicate, insubstantial; very thin like cloth

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Infer

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To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hit suggest imply

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Inscrutable

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Incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

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Insular

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Relating to, or characteristic, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in Outlook or experience

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10
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Irrevocable

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Incapable of being changed or called back

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Propensity

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A natural inclination or predilection toward

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Repudiate

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To disown, reject, or deny the validity of

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Resilient

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Able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

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Reverberate

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To re-echo, resound; to reflect are to be reflected repeatedly

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Scurrilous

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Coarsely abusive, fogger or low especially in language, foul mouthed

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Sedulous

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Persistent, showing industry and determination