HENG Unit 4 Vocabulary Test

Question 1

affable

Answer 1

courteous and pleasant

Question 2

aggrandize

Answer 2

to increase in greatness

Question 3

amorphous

Answer 3

shapeless, no cohesion

Question 4

archetype

Answer 4

an original model in which a person has been modeled after, especially in literature

Question 5

aura

Answer 5

the seductive air around someone

Question 6

contraband

Answer 6

illegal, smuggled goods

Question 7

erudite

Answer 7

scholarly, well-educated

Question 8

gossamer

Answer 8

thin, light

Question 9

inscrutable

Answer 9

impossible to understand, see through physically

Question 10

insular

Answer 10

to be close minded, on an island

Question 11

irrovocable

Answer 11

incapable of being reversed

Question 12

propensity

Answer 12

to be naturally inclined towards something

Question 13

querulous

Answer 13

irritable, complaining, Karen

Question 14

remonstrate

Answer 14

to argue against something

Question 15

repudiate

Answer 15

to reject the claim or validity of a statement

Question 16

resilient

Answer 16

to be able to recover quickly

Question 17

reverberate

Answer 17

as a sound is reflected through echos

Question 18

scurrilous

Answer 18

obscene, vulgar language

Question 19

sedulous

Answer 19

persistent, showing determination

Question 20

sleazy

Answer 20

flimsy, poor quality object