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Expanding Your Vocabulary: Key Terms and Their Meanings

Explore a curated list of vocabulary words, each with detailed definitions and clues for better understanding. This selection includes terms like "affable," describing a sociable nature, and "aggrandize," which means to enhance power or wealth. Delve into words such as "amorphous," "inscrutable," and "resilient," and discover their implications in various contexts. Each entry includes keyword clues to aid in recall and application. This resource is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their language skills.

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Expanding Your Vocabulary: Key Terms and Their Meanings

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  1. Unit 4!!! Level F

  2. Affable (adj) • Sociable and pleasant; easy to talk to • Clue: laughable

  3. Aggrandize (v) • To increase in greatness, power, or wealth • Clue: “grand”

  4. amorphous (adj) • Shapeless; of no particular type or character; without cohesion • Clue: morph means “shape”

  5. aura (n) • A distinctive air or personal quality; atmosphere or ambiance

  6. contraband (n) • Illegal or smuggled goods

  7. erudite (adj) • Scholarly, bookish, well-read

  8. Gossamer • (adj) thin, light, delicate • (n) a thin, light cloth • Clue: gauze, organza, ghost

  9. Archetype (n) 1.an original model on which something is patterned 2.a very typical example of a particular type of person or thing

  10. inscrutable (adj) • Incapable of being understood; incomprehensible

  11. insular (adj) • Related to an island • Narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

  12. irrevocable (adj) • Incapable of being changed or called back.

  13. propensity (n) • A natural inclination towards (proclivity)

  14. querulous (adj) • Peevish, complaining, petulant • Clue: quarrel, loud, all about you

  15. remonstrate (v) • To protest against, expostulate

  16. repudiate (v) • To disown, renounce, or deny the validity of

  17. resilient (adj) • Able to return quickly to a previous state, bounce back

  18. reverberate (v) • To re-echo, resound, or reflect repeatedly • Clue: vibrate

  19. scurrilous (adj) • Coarsely abusive, foul mouthed, vulgar, or low

  20. sedulous (adj) • Persistent, determined

  21. sleazy (adj) • Inferior in quality or character; ethically low or disreputable

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