Vocab unit IV

Question 1

affable

Answer 1

friendly, easy to talk to

Question 2

aggrandize

Answer 2

increase the power, status, wealth of

Question 3

amorphous

Answer 3

to have no definite form, shapeless

Question 4

archetype

Answer 4

a typical example of something

Question 5

aura

Answer 5

the spiritual feeling/ force you carry with you

Question 6

contraband

Answer 6

goods that have been imported or exported illegally

Question 7

erudite

Answer 7

to have and show great knowlege of something

Question 8

gossamer

Answer 8

the individual strings of webs that spiders produce

Question 9

inscrutable

Answer 9

impossible to understand

Question 10

insular

Answer 10

ignorant of or unintrestied in other cultures

Question 11

irrevocable

Answer 11

not able to be changed

Question 12

propensity

Answer 12

a natural tendancy to behave in a certain way

Question 13

querulous

Answer 13

complaining with a childish manner

Question 14

remonstrate

Answer 14

to protest forcefully

Question 15

repudiate

Answer 15

to deny the truth

Question 16

resilient

Answer 16

to withstand

Question 17

reverberate

Answer 17

to be repeated like an echo

Question 18

scurrilous

Answer 18

to spread outrageous claims about someone with intetions of hurting their reputation

Question 19

sedulous

Answer 19

to show dedication and persistance

Question 20

sleazy

Answer 20

corrupt/immoral