week 7 11th grade Vocab

courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

• affable

• erudite

• aggrandize

• aura

to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to intensify; to make appear greater

• aggrandize

• infer

• aggrandize

• gossamer

relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow in outlook or experience

• insular

• infer

• contraband

• aura

incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

• erudite

• aggrandize

• inscrutable

• contraband

to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of though; to hint; to imply

• affable

• amorphous

• gossamer

• infer

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

• affable

• aura

• gossamer

• insular

illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited

• gossamer

• erudite

• infer

• contraband

scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

• aura

• erudite

• gossamer

• inscrutable

thin, light, delicate, insubstantial, a very thin, light cloth

• infer

• aggrandize

• gossamer

• aura

to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, imply

• inscrutable

• aggrandize

• gossamer

• infer