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Unit 4 Synonyms
English III Honors
Vocabulary Word | Synonyms |
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affable | genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial |
aggrandize | augment, amplify, enhance, exalt |
amorphous | formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate |
aura | ambience, atomosphere |
contraband | illicit, illegal, bootleg, unlawful |
erudite | profoundly educated, well-read |
gossamer | filmy, disphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy |
infer | gather, deduce, presume, guess speculate |
inscrutable | impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic |
insular | narrow-minded, parochial, provincial |
irrevocable | irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable |
propensity | natural bent, proclivity, penchant |
querulous | petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable |
remonstrate | reason against, expostulate |
repudiate | disavow, abjure, renounce |
resilient | springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy |
reverberate | rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
scurrilous | obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative |
sedulous | assiduous, tireless, indefatigable |
sleazy | inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty |