Unit 4 Vocab Flashcards

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Affable

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(adj) courteous, pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

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Amorphous

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(adj) shapeless, without definite form;
of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion

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Aura

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(n) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere);
a distinctive air or personal quality

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Choleric

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(adj) a quick tempered or irritable disposition, with being highly energetic and ambitious (mad scientist vibes)(victor frankenstein that you?)

Think Eccentric

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Contemptuous

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(adj) showing contempt;
scornful

Think Insulting or Disrespectful

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Contraband

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(n) illigal traffic, smuggled good;
(adj) illegal, prohibited

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Incisive

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(adj) intelligent;
clear-thinking, focused

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Infer

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(v) to find out by reasoning;
to arrive at a conclusion based on thought;
to hint, suggest, imply

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Inscrutable

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(adj) Incapable of being understood;
impossible to see through physically

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Insular

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(adj) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island;
narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

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Irrevocable

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(adj) incapable of being changed or called back

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Ominous

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(adj) giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen;
threatening;
inauspicious (unlikely to be successful)

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Querulous

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(adj) peevish, complaining, fretful

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Remonstrate

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(v) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to

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Repudiate

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(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

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Resilient

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(adj) able to return to an original shape or form;
able to recover quickly

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Reverberate

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(v) to re-echo; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

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Revolted

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(adj) disgusted;
(past v) to rebel

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Scurrilous

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(adj) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed (think scurrilous sailor)

Think bully

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Sedulous

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(adj) persistent, showing industry and determination (not to be confused with seditious xD)

Think Diligent