Honors English III

1. Honors English III Vocabulary List IV

2. 1) Affable • (adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to • Synonyms: genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial • Antonyms: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

3. 2) Aggrandize • (v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater • Synonyms: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt • Antonyms: reduce, decrease, diminish

4. 3) Amorphous • (adj.) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion • Synonyms: formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate • Antonyms: definite, well-defined, clear-cut

5. 4) Aura • (n.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality • Synonyms: ambience, atmosphere • Antonyms: none

6. 5) Contraband • (n.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj.) illegal, prohibited • Synonyms: (adj.) illicit, bootleg, unlawful • Antonyms: (adj.) legal, lawful, licit

7. 6) Erudite, you scholars! • (adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic • Synonyms: profoundly educated, well-read • Antonyms: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

8. 7) Gossamer • (adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a thin, light cloth • Synonyms: (adj.) filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy • Antonyms: (adj.) thick, dense, solid, massive

9. 8) Infer • (v.) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply • Synonyms: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate

10. 9) Inscrutable • (adj.) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically • Synonyms: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic • Antonyms: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

11. 10)Insular • (adj.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience • Synonyms: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial • Antonyms: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

12. 11) Irrevocable • (adj.) incapable of being changed or called back • Synonyms: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable • Antonyms: reversible, changeable

13. 12) Propensity • (n.) a natural inclination or predilection toward • Synonyms: natural bent, proclivity, penchant • Antonyms: natural incapacity or inability

14. 13) Querulous • (adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful • Synonyms: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable • Antonyms: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid

15. 14) Remonstrate • (v.) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to • Synonyms: reason against, expostulate • Antonyms: none

16. 15) Repudiate • (v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of • Synonyms: disavow, abjure, renounce • Antonyms: avow, affirm, aver, avouch

17. 16) Resilient • (adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly • Synonyms: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy • Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding

18. 17) Reverberate • (v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly • Synonyms: rumble, thunder, boom, echo • Antonyms: None

19. 18) Scurrilous • (adj.) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul mouthed • Synonyms: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative • Antonyms: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

20. 19) Sedulous • (adj.) persistent, showing industry and determination • Synonyms: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable • Antonyms: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose

21. 20) Sleazy • (adj.) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior, in quality or character • Synonyms: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty • Antonyms: superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy