affable

1. affable We spent a pleasant afternoon with our affable neighbors.

2. affable (adj.) courteous and pleasant. synonyms: genial, amicable, agreeable antonyms: surly, dour, inhospitable

3. aggrandize • John D. Rockefeller worked to aggrandize his empire by purchasing oil wells, refineries, and pipelines.

4. aggrandize (v.) to increase in greatness power or wealth; to build up or intensify, to make appear greater. synonyms: augment, amplify, enhance antonyms: reduce, decrease

5. amorphous • The amorphous body of the amoeba was fascinating to watch under the microscope.

6. amorphous (adj.) shapeless, without definite form. synonyms: formless, unstructured antonyms: definite, well-defined

7. erudite • For my paper, I would like to find an erudite history of the subject written in an unbiased manner.

8. erudite (adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic synonyms: profoundly educated, well-read antonyms: ignorant, uneducated

9. gossamer • The book was so old that each finely printed page seemed only the weight of gossamer.

10. gossamer (adj.) thin, light, delicate (n.) a very thin cloth synonyms: filmy, diaphanous, sheer antonyms: thick, dense, solid, massive

11. infer • I can infer nothing from his odd behavior.

12. infer (v.) to find out by reasoning, to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought. synonyms: gather, deduce, presume

13. inscrutable • I could not tell by her inscrutable smile whether she was pleased or only amused by me.

14. inscrutable (adj.) incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physically. synonyms: impenetrable, enigmatic antonyms: comprehensible, intelligible

15. insular • You seem too sophisticated to hold such insular opinions

16. insular (adj.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island, a narrow or isolated outlook on life. synonyms: parochial, provincial antonyms: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

17. querulous Some flight attendants dread a querulous airline passenger more than they do rough weather.

18. querulous (adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful synonyms: petulant, touchy, cranky antonyms: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid

19. remonstrate Slowly, carefully, keeping his voice down, he argued with the caller as one might remonstrate with a child.

20. remonstrate (v.) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest, object to synonyms: reason against, expostulate

21. repudiate He was forced to repudiate a statement he made before he’d had all the information.

22. repudiate (v.) to disown or deny the validity of synonyms: disavow, abjure, renounce antonyms: avow, affirm, aver, avouch

23. resilient The development of lightweight, resilient plastics revolutionized the design of many durable goods.

24. resilient (adj.) able to return to an original shape or form synonyms: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding

25. reverberate From the construction site, the noise of bulldozers and dump trucks reverberated throughout the valley.

26. reverberate (v.) to re-echo, to resound, to reflect or be reflected repeatedly synonyms: rumble, thunder, boom, echo

27. scurrilous Days passed and unrest grew, and soon the rebels began a scurrilous attack on their absent leader.

28. scurrilous (adj.) coarsely abusive, vulgar language synonyms: obscene, filthy, abusive, antonyms: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

29. sleazy The old lady made her clothes at home in order to avoid the sleazy goods sold in the general store.

30. sleazy (adj.) thin or flimsy in texture, cheap, shoddy or inferior in quality or character synonyms: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty antonyms: superior, quality, sturdy