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Vocabulary Workshop Unit 4
Unit 4
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English
11th Grade
12/11/2006

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affable
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courteous and sociable, easy to speak to
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aggrandize
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to increase in greatness power,or wealth; to build up or intensify
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amorphpus
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shapeless, without definite form; no particular type or character; without organization; unity, or choesion
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aura
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that what surrounds (as an atmosphere); a istinctive air or personal quality
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contraband
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illegal traffic, smuggled goods, illegal, prohibited
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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, a very thin, light cloth
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infer
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to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
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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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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or call back
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propensity
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a natural indication or predication towards
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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, protest against, object to
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repudiate
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to disown, reject, or deny the validly of
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resilient
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able to return to an original state 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), foul mouthed
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sedulous
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persistent, 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, mean, or disreputable
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