Vocab 2 U4 Flashcards
adj) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
affable
v) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
aggrandize
adj) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
anorphous
n) an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing
archetype
n) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
aura
n) illegal traffic, smuggled goods;
adj) illegal, prohibited
contraband
adj) scholarly, learned, bookish; pedantic
erudite
adj) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial;
n) a very thin, light cloth
gossamer
adj) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
inscrutable
adj) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island
insular
adj) incapable of being changed or called back
irrevocable
n) a natural inclination or predilection toward
propensity
adj) peevish, complaining, fretful
querulous
v) to argue with someone against something, protest against
remonstrate
v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
repudiate
