Unit 4

Question 1

Affable

Answer 1

Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

Question 2

Aggrandize

Answer 2

To increase in greatness, power, or wealth, to build up or intensify, to make appear greater

Question 3

Amorphous

Answer 3

Shapeless, without definite form

Question 4

Archetype

Answer 4

An original model, the ideal example of a particular type of person/thing

Question 5

Aura

Answer 5

An atmosphere, a distinctive air pr personal quality

Question 6

Contraband

Answer 6

Illegal traffic, smuggles goods, illegal

Question 7

Erudite

Answer 7

Scholarly, learned, bookish

Question 8

Gossamer

Answer 8

Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial

Question 9

Inscrutable

Answer 9

Incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physically

Question 10

Insular

Answer 10

Situated on an island, narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

Question 11

Irrevocable

Answer 11

Incapable of being changed or called back

Question 12

Propensity

Answer 12

A natural inclination toward

Question 13

Querulous

Answer 13

Peevish, complaining, fretful

Question 14

Remonstrate

Answer 14

To argue w/t someone against something, protest against

Question 15

Repudiate

Answer 15

To disown, reject, or deny the validity of

Question 16

Resilient

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Reverberate

Answer 17

To re-echo, resound, to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

Question 18

Sccurrilous

Answer 18

Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul-mouthed

Question 19

Sedulous

Answer 19

Persistent, showing industry+determination

Question 20

Sleazy

Answer 20

Thin or flimsy in texture cheap