Unit 4 Vocabulary Review

(v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

• repudiate

• aura

• inscrutable

• sedulous

(adj.) persistent, showing industry and determination

• reverberate

• contraband

• insular

• sedulous

(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful

• scurrilous

• infer

• querulous

• gossamer

(v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

• scurrilous

• reverberate

• gossamer

• querulous

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

• insular

• aura

• erudite

• remonstrate

(adj.) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed

• affable

• scurrilous

• infer

• gossamer

(adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

• sleazy

• affable

• erudite

• remonstrate

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

• irrevocable

• reverberate

• propensity

• inscrutable

(v.) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

• amorphous

• repudiate

• infer

• sedulous

(adj.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

• scurrilous

• sleazy

• aura

• insular