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vocab workshop F unit 4
pg 51
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Language - English
9th Grade
02/24/2009

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affable
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courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
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aggrandize
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to increase in greatness
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amorphous
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shapeless, without definite form
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aura
Definition
that which surrounds (as an atmosphere)
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contraband
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illegal traffic, smuggled goods
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erudite
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scolarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
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gossamer
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(adj)thin, light, delicate, insubstantial
(n) 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
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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 islad
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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
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propensity
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a natural inclination or predilection toward
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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 validity of
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resilient
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able to returnto an original shape or form
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reverberate
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to re-echo, resound
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scurrilous
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coarsely abrasive, vulgar or low
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sedulous
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persistent, showing industy and determination
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sleazy
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thin or flimsy in texture, cheap
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