vocab unit 4

Question 1

affable

Answer 1

adj: courteous, pleasant, sociable

Question 2

aggrandize

Answer 2

v: to make bigger or more important; to build up; to make appear greater

Question 3

amorphous

Answer 3

adj: shapeless; without organization or unity

Question 4

aura

Answer 4

m: surrounding air/ atmosphere or quality

Question 5

contraband

Answer 5

n/adj: illegal or prohibited (goods)

Question 6

erudite

Answer 6

adj: scholarly, educated, “book smart”

Question 7

gossamer

Answer 7

adj: light and delicate
n: thin, delicate fabric

Question 8

infer

Answer 8

v: to find through reasoning; to hint or imply

Question 9

inscrutable

Answer 9

adj: incapable of being understood; impossible to physically see through

Question 10

insular

Answer 10

adj: related to an island; having a narrow outlook

Question 11

irrevocable

Answer 11

adj: incapable of being taken back or changed

Question 12

propensity

Answer 12

n: a strong inclination towards something or someone

Question 13

querulous

Answer 13

adj: cranky or irritable

Question 14

remonstrate

Answer 14

v: to reason against or object to

Question 15

repudiate

Answer 15

v: to deny or reject the validity of something

Question 16

resilient

Answer 16

v: to be able to recover quickly; or able to return to its original shape fast

Question 17

reverberate

Answer 17

v: to echo or resound

Question 18

scurrilous

Answer 18

adj: abusive, vulgar or foul mouthed

Question 19

sedulous

Answer 19

adj: persistent or hard working

Question 20

sleazy

Answer 20

adj: having low ethics or disreputable; cheap or inferable quality