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Unit 4.1
Mrs. Henderson's Vocab
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General Vocab
11th Grade
04/15/2009

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Affable
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ADJ. courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to.
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aggrandize
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V. to increase in greatness, power, or wealth, to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
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amorphous
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ADJ. shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity or cohesion
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aura
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N. that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
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contraband
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N. illegal traffic, smuggled goods; ADJ. illegal prohibited
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erudite
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ADJ. scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
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gossamer
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ADJ. thin, light, delicate, insubstantial N. very thin, light cloth
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infer
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V. 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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ADJ. incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
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insular
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ADJ. relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience.
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