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Kyle. 4 th period. Unit 4 vocabulary. Affable . diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host". Aggrandize . Amorphous . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kyle
4th period
Unit 4 vocabulary
Affable
• diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"
Aggrandize
Amorphous • having no definite form or distinct shape;
"amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm"
• lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
• without real or apparent crystalline form; "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure"
Aura • a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light)
that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
• an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
• air: a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance"
Contraband • goods whose importation or
exportation or possession is prohibited by law
• bootleg: distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
Erudite • having or showing profound
knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"
gossamer• a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture • ethereal: characterized by unusual lightness and
delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
• cobweb: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
• diaphanous: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
infer• deduce: reason by deduction; establish by
deduction • generalize: draw from specific cases for more
general cases • deduce: conclude by reasoning; in logic • guess: guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He
guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
• understand: believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"
Inscrutable • cryptic: of an obscure nature; "the
new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"
Insular • relating to or characteristic of or situated
on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
• suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
• narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
Irrevocable • incapable of being retracted or
revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare
Propensity • leaning: an inclination to do
something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
• proclivity: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
• aptness: a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread"
Querulous • fretful: habitually
complaining; "a whiny child"
Remonstrate
• argue in protest or opposition • present and urge reasons in opposition • call on the carpet: censure severely or
angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Repudiate
• disown: cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
• refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
• refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt" • reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She
repudiated the accusations"
Resilient
• recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like • bouncy: elastic; rebounds readily;
"clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"
Reverberate • resound: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" • have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher
reverberated throughout my adult life" • be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves
reverberate as far away as the end of the building" • reflect: to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected
well in this auditorium" • bounce: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
• treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore"
Scurrilous • given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed; coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
Sedulous • assiduous: marked by care and
persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"
Sleazy
• of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"
• bum: of very poor quality; flimsy • seamy: morally degraded; "a seedy district";
"the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"