Vocab Unit 4

adj courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

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

adj. shapeless with out definite form; of no particular type of character, with out unity.

n. that which surrouds (as an atmosphere); as a distinctive air or personality quality.

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

adj. scholarly, learned bookish, pedantic

adj. thin light delicate, insubstantial n. very thin light clean cloth

v. to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusionon the basis of thought

• adj. incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically.
• ex. i was unable to tell by her inscrutable smile...

• adj. relating to, characteristic of, situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience.
• you seem so sophisticated to hold such insular opinions.

adj. incapable of being changed or called back.

• n. a natural inclination or prediction toward
• Elena showed a strong propensity for doing her vocab works late at night.

adj, peevish, complaining, fretful

v. to argue or plead with someone against something; protest against, object to.

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

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

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

adj. coarsly abusive, vulgar low (in language), foul-mouthed

adj. persistent, showing industry and determination

adj. thin or flimsy in texture, cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character