vocab 4 Flashcards
courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
affable
to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
aggrandize
shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
amorphous
an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing
archetype
that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
aura
illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited
contraband
scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
erudite
thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth
gossamer
incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
inscrutable
relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
insular
incapable of being changed or called back
irrevocable
a natural inclination or predilection toward
propensity
peevish, complaining, fretful
querulous
to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against
remonstrate
to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
repudiate
