Vocabulary Lesson 4

Question 0

Aggrandize

Answer 0

To increase in greatness, power or wealth, or to build up or intensify

Question 1

Affable

Answer 1

Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

Question 2

Amorphous

Answer 2

Shapeless, without definite form, of no particular type or character, without organization

Question 3

Aura

Answer 3

A distinctive personal quality

Question 4

Contraband

Answer 4

Illegal traffic, smuggled goods

Question 5

Erudite

Answer 5

Scholarly, learned, bookish

Question 6

Gossamer

Answer 6

Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial

Question 7

Infer

Answer 7

To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought

Question 8

Inscrutable

Answer 8

Incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physically

Question 9

Insular

Answer 9

Relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island, narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

Question 10

Irrevocable

Answer 10

Incapable of being changed or called back

Question 11

Propensity

Answer 11

A natural inclination toward

Question 12

Querulous

Answer 12

Peevish, complaining, fretful

Question 13

Remonstrate

Answer 13

To argue or plead with someone against something

Question 14

Repudiate

Answer 14

To disown, reject, or deny the validity of

Question 15

Resilient

Answer 15

Able to return to an original shape or form, able to recover quickly

Question 16

Reverberate

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Scurrilous

Answer 17

Coarsely, abusive, vulgar or low, foul mouthed

Question 18

Sedulous

Answer 18

Persistent, showing industry and determination

Question 19

Sleazy

Answer 19

Shoddy or inferior in quality or character, mean and disreputable