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Unit Four. Vocabulary Book F. -Able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed. The rubber band was very RESILIENT when it was stretched, because it came right back to its original shape. Resilient. By: Dominic Pileggi. Sleazy. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Vocabulary Book FUnit Four
Resilient-Able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed.
The rubber band was very RESILIENT when it was stretched, because it came right back to its original shape.
By: Dominic Pileggi
Sleazy(Adj.) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
The sleazy con artist posed as a janitor at the Peabody Hotel and stole the famous ducks.
Sedulous
He picked the thorn from his leg with sedulous care.
Alya BandealyKTHSection 2 Period 3
Adjective: persistent, showing industry and determination
repudiate
To disown, reject, or deny the validity off.The girl repudiated the boy when he asked her if she would go out with him.-Kirsten Webb
Erudite
Scholarly, learned, bookish,pedantic
She wrote the paper in a very erudite way.
Reverberate- (verb)to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
As I stood in the middle of the valley, I tried reverberate my voice and hear it be carried for miles through the valley.
Scurrilous Coarsely
abusive, vulgar or low, foul mouthed
The boy with a scurrilous mouth got in trouble from his teachers.
Aura(Noun) that which sourroumds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
His head was surrounded by a bright yellow aura.
Aggrandize
To increase in greatness, power or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater.
It took a lot of work for Fred Smith to aggrandize FedEx, now every one knows it.
Querulous(adj.) peevish,
complaining, fretful
SynonymsPetulantTouchy Cranky Irritable
I was somehow in a querulous mood, and probably should have
stayed home.
Propensity
(n.) a natural inclination or predilection toward(syn.) natural bent, proclivity, penchant(Ant.) natural incapacity or inabilityYou have the propensity for taking my breath away.
Remonstrate!
-(v.) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to.
- The couples began to remonstrate about the unpaid bills, they were behind on.
Inscrutable
(adj.) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically.
The concept of pi is inscrutable to me because it never ends.
Irrevocable
Adj. Incapable of being changed or called back.
-Some of us tend to think of the President as being irrevocable. In actuality he or she can still be impeached by congress.
Insular
(Adj.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
When the man washed up on the island and sat down, he became an insular resident
Infer
To find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply.
The teacher was astonished by what we had to infer on the topic suggested.
Gossamer (adj.) Thin, light,
delicate, insubstantial
(n.) a very thin, light cloth
The wings of a butterfly are very gossamer, and are easily damaged.
Contraband
(n.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj.) illegal, prohibited
The man tried to use his hat to smuggle contraband through the airport.
Please don’t let them check my hat….
Amorphous (adj.) shapeless,
without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
The musical composition, with no melodic pattern and no well-defined structure of development, seemed amorphous to my ear.
He had amorphous sheets of paper stacked on his desk.
AffableBy: Carly Stein Courteous and pleasant;Sociable easy to speak to
When going through a hard time, I like depending on affable friend to help me get through it.
AffableBy: Carly Stein Courteous and pleasant;Sociable easy to speak to
When going through a hard time, I like depending on affable friend to help me get through it.