Unit 4 Sadlier HAL Vocab

to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify

augment, amplify, enchance, exalt

reduce, decrease, diminish

shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization or unity

formless, unstructured, inchoate

definite, well-defined, clear-cut

that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality

ambiance, atmosphere

scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

profoundly, educated, well-read

ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

a natural inclination or predilection toward

natural bent, proclivity, penchant

natural incapacity or inability

peevish, complaining, fretful

petulant, irritable

uncomplaining, stoical

to argue with someone against something, protest against

reason against, expostulate

able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

springy, elastic

rigid, stiff, inflexible

persistent, showing industry and determination

assiduous, indefatigable

courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

genial, amicable, cordial

surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing

model, prototype, epitome

illegal traffic, smuggled goods

illegal, prohibited

bootleg, unlawful

legal, lawful, licit

thin, light, delicate, insubstantial

filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

dense, solid, massive

relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

incapable of being changed or called back

unrecallable, unalterable

reversible, changeable

to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

disavow, renounce

avow, affirm, aver

to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

rumble, thunder, boom, echo

coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed

obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative

decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable

inferior, cheesy

superior, first-rate