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Vocabulary Level F
Unit 4
20
English
10th Grade
11/17/2008

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Affable
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Courteous and pleasant, socible, easy to speak to
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Aggrandize
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to increase in greatness, power, or wealth
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Amorphous
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Shapless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization
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Aura
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That whih surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctinve air or personal quality
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Contraband
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Illegal traffic, smuggled goods
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Erudite
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Scholarly, learned bookish pedantic
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Gossamer
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thin, light, delicate,insubstantial
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Infer
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to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of tought, to hint
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Inscrutable
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Incapable of being understood; impossible to see trough physically
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Irrevocable
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Incapable of being changed or called back
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Insular
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relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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Propensity
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a natural inclinatio or predilection toward
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Querelous
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Peevish, complaining, fretful
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Remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something; protest against; object to
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Repudiate
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to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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Resilient
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Able to return to an orginal shape or form; able to recover quickly
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Reverberate
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to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
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Scurrilous
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Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low(especially in language)
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Sedulous
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Persisten, showing industry and determination
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Sleazy
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Thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low
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