Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 4`

adj. courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

genial, amicable, cordial (syn.)

surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable (ant.)

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

augment, amplify, enhance, exalt (syn.)

reduce, decrease, diminish (ant.)

adj. shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion

formless, unstructured, inchoate (syn.)

definite, well-defined, clear-out (ant.)

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

model, prototype, epitome (syn.)

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

ambience, atmosphere (syn.)

n. illegal traffic, smuggled goods

adj. illegal, prohibited

bootleg, unlawful (syn.)

legal, lawful, licit (ant.)

adj. scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

profoundly educated, well-read (syn.)

ignorant, uneducated, illiterate (ant.)

adj. thin, light, delicate, insubstantial

n. a very thin, light cloth

filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy (syn.)

dense, solid, massive (ant.)

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

impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic (syn.)

comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable (ant.)

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

narrow-minded, parochial, provincial (syn.)

catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal (ant.)

adj. incapable of being changed or called back

unrecallable, unalterable (syn.)

reversible, changeable (ant.)

n. a natural inclination or predilection toward

natural bent, proclivity, penchant (syn.)

natural incapacity or inability (ant.)

adj. peevish, complaining, fretful

petulant, irritable (syn.)

uncomplaining, stoical (ant.)

v. to argue with someone against something, protest against

reason against, expostulate (syn.)

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

disavow, renounce (syn.)

avow, affirm, aver (ant.)

adj. able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

springy, elastic (syn.)

rigid, stiff, inflexible (ant.)

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

rumble, thunder, boom, echo (syn.)

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

obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative (syn.)

decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified (ant.)

adj. persistent, showing industry and determination

assiduous, indefatigable (syn.)

indolent, listless (ant.)

adj. thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable

inferior, cheesy (syn.)

superior, first-rate (ant.)