vocab chapter 4

Question 1

affable

Answer 1

courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak up 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, of no particular type or character.

Question 4

archetype

Answer 4

an original model on which something was patterned or replicated.

Question 5

aura

Answer 5

that which surrounds (as an atmosphere), a distinctive air

Question 6

contraband

Answer 6

illegal traffic, smuggled goods.

Question 7

erudite

Answer 7

scholarly, learned

Question 8

gossamer

Answer 8

thin, light, delicate, insubstantial.

Question 9

inscrutable

Answer 9

incapable off being understood, impossible to see through physically.

Question 10

insular

Answer 10

relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or insulated in experience.

Question 11

irrevocable

Answer 11

incapable of being changed or called back.

Question 12

propensity

Answer 12

a natural inclination or predilection toward.

Question 13

querulous

Answer 13

peevish, complaining, fretful

Question 14

remonstrate

Answer 14

to agree with someone against something, protest against

Question 15

repudiate

Answer 15

to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

Question 16

resilient

Answer 16

able to turn to an original shape or form.

Question 17

reverberate

Answer 17

to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

Question 18

sedulous

Answer 18

persistent, showing industry and determination.