Unit 4 Vocabulary Workbook

Question 1

Affable

Answer 1

Sociable; easy to speak to

Question 2

Aggrandize

Answer 2

To grow in power

Question 3

Amorphous

Answer 3

Shapless, without definite form; without organization

Question 4

Archetype

Answer 4

An original model of a replication; an idea example of something

Question 5

Aura

Answer 5

A distinctive quality that surrounds somebody

Question 6

Contraband

Answer 6

Illegal or prohibited material

Question 7

Erudite

Answer 7

Scholarly or educated

Question 8

Gossamer

Answer 8

Thin or delicate; a very thin cloth

Question 9

Inscrutable

Answer 9

Unable to be understoon

Question 10

Insular

Answer 10

A characteristic of

Question 11

Irrevocable

Answer 11

Incapable of being revoked

Question 12

Propensity

Answer 12

A natural inclination

Question 13

Querulous

Answer 13

Peevish or complaining

Question 14

Remonstrate

Answer 14

To protest against or to argue with somebody

Question 15

Repudiate

Answer 15

To disown or reject

Question 16

Resilient

Answer 16

To be able to return to an original shape.

Question 17

Reverberate

Answer 17

To resound; to be repeatedly reflected

Question 18

Scurrilous

Answer 18

Coarsely abusive or bulgar

Question 19

Sedulous

Answer 19

Persistent, showing determination

Question 20

Sleazy

Answer 20

Cheap; Inferior in quality or character; ethically low