Unit 4 Flashcards by Emma Dufrene | Brainscape

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amicable

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affable

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increasing greatness power or wealth

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aggrandize

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unstructured

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Amorphus

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Prototype

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archetype

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atmosphere

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aura

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(n. ) legal traffic, smuggled goods

(adj. ) illegal, prohibited

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contraband

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profoundly educated

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erudite

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(adj. ) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial

(n. ) A very thin, light cloth

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gossamer

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in comprehensible

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inscrutable

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narrow – minded

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insular

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unchanging

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irrevocable

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inclined/proclivity

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propensity

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peevish, petulant

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querulous

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protest against/expostulate

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remonstrate

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to disown

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repudiate

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to bounce back

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resilient

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to re-echo, re-sound

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reverberate

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coarsely abusive, vulgar

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scurrilous

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persistent

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sedulous

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thin or flimsy

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sleazy