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Vocabulary Unit 4
ENGLISH- S.O. Vocabulary Unit 4
Question | Answer |
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Affable | Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to. |
Aggrandize | To increase in greatness, power, or wealth. |
Amorphous | Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character. |
Aura | That which surrounds, a distinctive air or peronal quality. |
Contraband | Illegal traffic, smuggled goods. |
Erudite | Scholarly, learned, bookish. |
Gossamer | Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial. |
Infer | To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought. |
Inscrutable | Incapable of being understood. |
Insular | Relating to, characteristic of; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience. |
Irrevocable | Incapable of being changed or called back. |
Propensity | A natural inclination or predilection toward. |
Querulous | Peevish, complaining, fretful. |
Remonstrate | To argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to. |
Repudiate | To disown, reject, or deny the validity of. |
Resilient | Able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly. |
Reverberate | To re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly. |
Scurrilous | Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low especially in language, foul-mouthed. |
Sedulous | Persistent, showing industry and determination. |
Sleazy | Thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character. |