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Unit 4 Vocab
English - Period 8 - Unit 4 vocabulary
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10th Grade
11/12/2009
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Affable
 Definition
Courteous and pleasant
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Aggrandize
 Definition
to increase in greatness, power, wealth
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Amorphous
 Definition
Shapeless, no definite form
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Aura
 Definition
that which surrounds (atmosphere)
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Contraband
 Definition
illegal traffic, smuggled goods
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Erudite
 Definition
scholarly, learned, bookish
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Gossamer
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thin, light, delicate
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Infer
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to find out by reasoning
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Inscrutable
 Definition
incapable of being understood
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Insular
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relating to, characteristic of
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Irrevocable
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Incapable of being changed or called back
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Propensity
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a natural inclination of predilection toward
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querulous
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peevish, complaining, fretful
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remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something
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repudiate
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to disown, reject
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resilient
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able to return to an original shape or form
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Reverberate
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to re-echo, resound
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Scurrilous
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coarsely abusive, vulgar or low
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seulous
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persistent
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sleazy
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thin or flimsy in texture.
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