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Vocabulary

Dive into Unit 4 of our vocabulary guide, where we explore essential terms that boost your language skills and comprehension. From "aggrandize," which means to increase in greatness or power, to "scurrilous," describing coarsely abusive language, each word enhances your understanding of nuanced communication. Discover insights into words like "resilient," denoting the ability to recover quickly, and "inscrutable," meaning difficult to understand. Expand your lexicon with terms that deepen your knowledge and improve your expressive capabilities.

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 4

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

  3. contraband • illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited

  4. repudiate • to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

  5. infer • to find out be reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

  6. irrevocable • incapable of being changed or called back

  7. insular • relating to, characteristic of, or situation on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

  8. erudite • scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

  9. resilient • Able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

  10. gossamer • thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth

  11. propensity • a natural inclination or predilection toward

  12. scurrilous • coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed

  13. remonstrate • to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to

  14. sedulous • persistent, showing industry and determination

  15. inscrutable • incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

  16. affable • courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

  17. querulous • peevish, complaining, fretful

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

  19. reverberate • to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

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

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

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