Vocab Unit 4 Flashcards
(adj) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
affable
Think of the Aflac duck
(v) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
THINK: “grand”
aggrandize
(adj) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
Think: “amorph,” “a” meaning without
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 charged or called back
Think: irreversible
irrevocable
(n) a natural inclination or predilection toward
Think: you’re “propelled”
propensity
(adj) complaining in a petulant or whining manner; peevish, complaining, fretful
querulous
(v) to argue with someone against something, protect against
remonstrate
(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
repudiate
