Unit 4 Vocabulary Review (English 11)

Definition:

(n.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality

• aggrandize

• propensity

• aura

• affable

Definition:

(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up; to make appear greater

• aggrandize

• aura

• inscrutable

• retrench

Definition:

(adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a very thin, light cloth

• archetype

• sleazy

• gossamer

• aura

Definition:

(v.) to find out by reasoning; to hint, suggest, imply

• inscrutable

• infer

• repudiate

• erudite

Definition:

(adj.) impossible to see through physically; incapable of being understood

• gossamer

• retrench

• inscrutable

• irrevocable

Synonym:

shapeless, formless, nebulous

• amorphous

• scurrilous

• aura

• insular

Synonym:

amicable, agreeable, genial, cordial

• propensity

• affable

• amorphous

• querulous

Synonym:

narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

• inscrutable

• repudiate

• sedulous

• insular

Synonym:

to re-echo, resound, boom, thunder, rumble

• resilient

• reverberate

• sedulous

• infer

Synonym:

obscene, filthy; abusive, vituperative

• erudite

• resilient

• scurrilous

• sedulous