unit 4F words 6-10

unit 4F words 6-10

contraband

n. illegal traffic, smuggled goods; adj. illegal,

prohibited

synonyms: illicit, bootleg, unlawful

antonyms: legal, lawful, illicit

7. erudite

adj. scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

synonyms: profoundly, educated, well read

antonyms: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

8. gossamer

adj. thin, light, delicate, insubstantial. n. a very

thin, light cloth

synonyms: filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy,

feathery, gauzy

antonyms: thick, dense, sold, massive

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9 inscrutable

adj. incapable of being understood; impossible

to see through physically

synonyms: impenetrable, incomprehensible,

enigmatic

antonyms: comprehensible, intelligible,

penetrable

10. insular

adj. relating to, characteristic of, or situated on

an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or

experience

synonyms: narrow minded, parochial,

provincial

antonyms: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

Multiple Choice

You seem too sophisticated to hold such ____ opinions.

• gossamer

• contraband

• insular

• erudite

• inscrutable

Fill in the Blank

For my paper, I would like to find an ___ history of the subject written in a clear manner.

Fill in the Blank

I could not tell by her ___ smile whether she was pleased or only amused with me.

Multiple Choice

Three jeweled combs from the seventeenth century were among the _____ seized by the police.

• contraband

• gossamer

• erudite

• inscrutable

• insular

Fill in the Blank

Ghosts are often depicted in literature as wearing ___ clothing that makes them seem all the more ethereal .

Multiple Choice

Although it was written centuries ago, Romeo and Juliet is the ___ of a tale about star crossed lovers.

• affable

• archetype

• gossamer

• aura

• aggrandize

Multiple Choice

I was grateful that my roommate at summer camp was an__- young woman, and not the stuck up type I met along the way.

• archetype

• affable

• erudite

• amorphous