Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Section 4
Vocab Level F Section 4
20
English
10th Grade
12/08/2014

Additional English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Affable
Definition

courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

 

genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial

Term
Aggrandize
Definition

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

 

augment, amplify, enhance, exalt

Term
Amorphous
Definition

shapeless, wothout definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion

 

formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate

Term
Aura
Definition

that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality

 

ambience, atmosphere

Term
Contraband
Definition

illegal traffic, smuggles goods; illegal, prohibited

 

illicit, bootleg, unlawful

Term
Erudite
Definition

scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

 

profoundly educated, well-read

Term
Gossamer
Definition

thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth

 

filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, quazy

Term
Infer
Definition

to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

 

gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate

Term
Inscrutable
Definition

incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

 

impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

Term
Insular
Definition

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

 

narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

Term
Irrevocable
Definition

incapable of being changed or called back

 

irrevirsable, unrecallable, unalterable

Term

Propensity

 

Definition

a natural inclination or predilection toward

 

natural bent, proclivity, penchant

Term
Querulous
Definition

peevish, complaining, fretful

 

petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable

Term
Remonstrate
Definition

to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, onject to

 

reason against, expostulate

Term
Repudiate
Definition

to disown, reject or deny the validity of

 

disavow, abjure, renounce

Term
Resilient
Definition

able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

 

springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy

Term
Reverberate
Definition

to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

 

rumble, thunder, boom, echo

Term
Scurrilous
Definition

coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language) foul-mouthed

 

obscene, filfthy, abusive, vituperative

Term
Sedulous
Definition

persistent, showing industry and determination

 

assiduous, tireless, indefatigable

Term
Sleazy
Definition

thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable

 

inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty

Supporting users have an ad free experience!