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Vocab Workshop (Level F): Unit 4
20 vocabulary words with definitions, part of speech, synonyms, and antonyms.
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English
10th Grade
10/15/2013

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Term
affable
Definition

(adj) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

 

S: genial, amicable, cordial
A: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

Term
aggrandize
Definition

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

 

S: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt

A: reduce, decrease, diminish

Term
amorphous
Definition

(adj) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion

 

S: formless, unstructured, inchoate

A: definite, well-defined, clear-cut

Term
archetype
Definition

(n) an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing

 

S: model, prototype, epitome

Term
aura
Definition

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

 

s: ambience, atmosphere

Term
contraband
Definition

(n) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj) illegal, prohibited

 

S: (adj) bootleg, unlawful

A: (adj) legal, lawful, licit

 

 

Term
erudite
Definition

(adj) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

 

S: profoundly, educated, well-read

A: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

Term
gossamer
Definition

(adj) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n) a very thin, light cloth

 

S: (adj) filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

A: (adj) dense, solid, massive

Term
inscrutable
Definition

(adj) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

 

 S: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

A: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

Term
insular
Definition

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

 

S: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

A: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

Term
irrevocable
Definition

(adj) incapable of being changed or called back

 

S: unrecallable, unalterable

A: reversible, changeable

Term
propensity
Definition

(n) a natural inclination or predilection toward

 

S: natural bent, proclivity, penchant

A: natural incapacity or inability

Term
querulous
Definition

(adj) peevish, complaining, fretful

 

S: petulant, irritable

A: uncomplaiming, stoical

Term
remonstrate
Definition

(v) to argue with someone against something, protest against

 

S: reason against, expostulate

Term
repudiate
Definition

(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

 

S: disavow, renounce

A: avow, affirm, aver

 
Term
resilient
Definition

(adj) able to return to an original shape or form, able to recover quickly

 

S: springy, elastic

A: rigid, stiff, inflexible

Term
reverberate
Definition

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

 

s:rumble, thunder, boom, echo

Term
scurrilous
Definition

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

 

S: obscenem filthy, abusive, vituperative

A: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

Term
sedulous
Definition

(adj) persistent, showing industry and determination

 

S: assiduous, indefatigable

A: indolent, listless

Term
sleazy
Definition

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

 

S: inferior, cheesy

A: superior, first-rate

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