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Vocabulary Unit 4

Vocabulary Unit 4. Unit 4. 1.) Affable ( adj ) 2.) Erudite ( adj ) 3.) Infer (verb) 4. Irrevocable ( adj ) 5. Propensity (n) 6. Repudiate (verb) 7. Resilient ( adj ). 8. Amorphous ( adj ) 9. Aura (noun) 10. Scurrilous ( adj ). Affable.

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Vocabulary Unit 4

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 4

  2. Unit 4 1.) Affable (adj) 2.) Erudite (adj) 3.) Infer (verb) 4. Irrevocable (adj) 5. Propensity (n) 6. Repudiate (verb) 7. Resilient (adj) 8. Amorphous (adj) 9. Aura (noun) 10. Scurrilous (adj)

  3. Affable (adj) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to Syn: genial, amicable Ant: surly, cantankerous

  4. Challenge Word: Amorphous • (adj) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type of character; without organization, unity, or cohesion • Syn: formless, nebulous • Ant: definite, clear-cut

  5. Challenge Word:Aura (n) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality • Syn: ambience, atmosphere

  6. Erudite (adj) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic Syn: well-read, profoundly educated Ant: ignorant, illiterate

  7. Infer • (v) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply • Syn: gather, deduce

  8. Irrevocable • (adj) incapable of being changed or called back • Syn: unrecallable, unalterable • Ant: reversible, changeable

  9. Propensity • (n) a natural inclination or predilection toward • Syn: natural bent, penchant • Ant: inability, incapacity

  10. Repudiate • (v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of • Syn: disavow, renounce • Ant: affirm, vouch

  11. Resilient • (adj) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly • Syn: springy, buoyant • Ant: rigid, unyielding

  12. Challenge Word: Scurrilous • (adj) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed, unseemly • Syn: obscene, filthy • Ant: decorous, tasteful

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