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bkhs 11/F unit 4
sadlier-oxford vocab workshop level f unit 4
Question | Answer |
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affable | courteous and pleasant, sociable |
aggrandize | to increase in greatness, power or wealth |
amorphous | shapeless, without definite form |
aura | that which surrounds (atmosphere) |
contraband | illegal traffic, smuggled goods, illegal |
erudite | scholarly, learned |
gossamer | thin, light delicate; a very thin cloth |
infer | to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion |
inscrutable | incapable or being understood |
insular | relating to, characteristic or, or situated on an island. |
irrevocable | incapable of being changed |
propensity | a natural inclination toward |
querulous | peevish, complaining |
remonstrate | to aruge or plead with someone against something, protest against |
repudiate | to disown, reject |
resilient | able to return to an origial shape or form; able to recover quickly |
reverberate | to re-echo, resound |
scurrilous | coarsely abusive, vulgar, low |
sedulous | persistent |
sleazy | thin or flimsy in texture; cheap, disreputable |