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Affable |
(adj) friendly and easy to talk to |
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Aggrandize |
(v) to increase the effects or strength of something |
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Amorphous |
(adj) having no definite shape or features |
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Aura |
(n) a quality or feeling that seems to surround or come from a person or a place |
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Contraband |
(n) goods that are brought into a country illegally, especially to avoid tax (adj) illegal |
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Erudite |
(adj) showing a lot of knowledge based on careful study |
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Gossamer |
(adj) light or delicate (n) a very light thin material |
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Infer |
(v) to form an opinion that something is probably true because of information that you have |
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Inscrutable |
(adj) someone who shows no emotion or reaction in the expression on their face so that it is impossible to know what they are feeling or thinking |
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Insular |
(adj) interested in your own group, country, way of life etc and no others - used to show disapproval |
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Irrevocable |
(adj) a decision, action etc. cannot be changed or stopped |
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Propensity |
(n) a natural tendency to behave in a particular way |
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Querulous |
(adj) someone who complains about things in an annoying way |
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Remonstrate |
(v) to tell someone that you strongly disapprove of something they have said or done |
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Repudiate |
(v) to refuse to accept or continue with something |
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Resilient |
(adj) able to become strong, happy, or successful again after a difficult situation or event |
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Reverberate |
(v) heard many times as it is sent back from different surfaces |
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Scurrilous |
(adj) remarks, articles etc. containing damaging and untrue statements about someone |
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Sedulous |
(adj) working very hard in a determined way without stopping |
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Sleazy |
(adj) dirty, cheap, or in bad condition |
