Vocab 4 Flashcards

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Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

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Affable

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2
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to increase greatness, power, or wealth; to intensify

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Aggrandize

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3
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shapeless, without definite shape form, no organization

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Amorphous

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4
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an original model on which something was replicated

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Archetype

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5
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A personal quality

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Aura

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6
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illegal traffic, smuggled, prohibited

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Contraband

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7
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scholarly, learned, bookish

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erudite

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8
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thin, light, delicate, (n) a thin, light cloth

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Gossamer

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9
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incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

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inscrutable

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10
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narrow or isolated

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insular

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11
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incapable of being changed or called back

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irrevocable

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12
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a natural inclination

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propensity

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13
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peevish, complaining

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querulous

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14
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to argue with someone against something, to protest against

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remonstrate

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15
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to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

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repudiate

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16
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able to return to its original shape or form, able to recover quickly

17
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to re-echo, resound

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reverberate

18
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foul mothed, abusive

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scurrilous

19
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persistant, showing industry or determination

20
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thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; ethically low mean