Vocabulary Flashcards

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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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Archetype

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n. original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of particular type of person or thing

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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

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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, delicate, substantial

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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