1. American Literature Vocabulary Unit 4

2. affable courteous pleasant sociable cordial ------------------------- surly cantankerous inhospitable

3. aggrandize to increase in greatness, power, and wealth to make appear greater/grander amplify exalt -------------------------------- decrease diminish

4. amorphous shapeless without definite form without unity formless -------------------------------- definite well-defined

5. archetype A prototype An original model An ideal example of a person/thing

6. aura a distinctive air or personal quality an atmosphere ambience atmosphere

7. contraband illegal traffic smuggled goods illegal prohibited illicit unlawful -------------------------------- legal lawful

8. erudite Scholarly Learned Bookish

9. gossamer thin delicate a very thin, light cloth filmy sheer -------------------------------- thick solid

10. inscrutable Incapable of being understood Impossible to see through physically ------------------- Comprehensible intelligible

11. insular Characteristic of, or situated on an island Narrow or isolated in outlook or experience -------------------------- Liberal

12. irrevocable incapable of being changed or called back irreversible unalterable -------------------------------- changeable reversible

13. propensity a natural inclination toward a natural bent proclivity -------------------------------- inability

14. querulous complaining fretful cranky irritable -------------------------------- uncomplaining serene

15. Remonstrate To argue with someone; to protest

16. repudiate to reject to deny the validity of to renounce ---------------------------- to affirm

17. resilient able to return to an original shape or form able to recover quickly ---------------------------- rigid inflexible unyielding

18. reverberate to re-echo to be reflected repeatedly rumble echo

19. scurrilous vulgar or low (especially in language) foul-mouthed obscene filthy -------------------------------- tasteful dignified

20. sedulous Persistent Showing industry/determination -------------------------------- Listless

21. sleazy thin flimsy cheap inferior in quality or character/quality ethically low cheesy -------------------------------- superior first-rate