unit 4 vocabulary 1

Question 1

affable

Answer 1

courteous, pleasant

Question 2

amorphous

Answer 2

Shapless; without organization

Question 3

aggrandize

Answer 3

to increase in greatness; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater

Question 4

archetype

Answer 4

an original model on which pattenedor replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing

Question 5

Aura

Answer 5

that which surrounds; a distinctive air or personal quality

Question 6

contraband

Answer 6

illegal traffic, smuggled goods

Question 7

erudite

Answer 7

scholarly, learned, bookish

Question 8

gossamer

Answer 8

thin, light, delicate

a very thin, light cloth

Question 9

inscrutable

Answer 9

incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

Question 10

insular

Answer 10

relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow in outlook or experience