vocab 4a 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
amorphous
(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; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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 or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
remonstrate
(v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
repudiate
