Vocab 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

Question 3

amorphous

Answer 3

shapeless, without definite form, no character

Question 4

archetype

Answer 4

an original model on which something was patterned or replicated

Question 5

aura

Answer 5

the atmosphere which surrounds someone or something

Question 6

contraband

Answer 6

illegal traffic, smuggled goods

Question 7

erudite

Answer 7

learned, bookish, pedantic

Question 8

gossamer

Answer 8

thin, light, delicate, insubstantial

Question 9

inscrutable

Answer 9

incapable of being understood

Question 10

insular

Answer 10

relating to/characteristic of

Question 11

irrevocable

Answer 11

incapable of being changed

Question 12

propensity

Answer 12

natural inclination

Question 13

querulous

Answer 13

peevish, complaining, fretful

Question 14

remonstrate

Answer 14

to argue with someone against something, protest

Question 15

repudiate

Answer 15

disown, reject, deny

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

scurrilous

Answer 18

coarsely abusive, vulgar or low

Question 19

sedulous

Answer 19

persistent, showing determination

Question 20

sleazy

Answer 20

thin or flimsy in texture, cheap feeling