affable
adj. courteous, genial, amicable, cordial
aggrandize
v. to increase in greatness, power or wealth, augment, exalt
amorphous
adj. shapeless, nebulous, inchoate
aura
n. that which surrounds, ambience
contraband
n. illegal traffic, smuggled good adj. illegal, prohibited, bootleg
erudite
adj. scholarly, learned, pedantic
gossamer
adj. thin, light, insubstantial, diaphanous, sheer n. a very thin, light cloth
infer
v. to find out by reasoning, deduce, presume
inscrutable
adj. incapable of being understood, incomprehensible, enigmatic
insular
adj. relating to a narrow or isolated outlook or experience, parochial, provincial
irrevocable
v. incapable of being changed or called back, un recallable
propensity
n. a natural inclination or predilection toward, penchant
querulous
adj. peevish, complaining, fretful, petulant, cranky, irritable
remonstrate
v. to argue or plead with someone against something, expostulate
repudiate
v. to disown, reject, or deny the validity of, disavow, abjure, renounce
resilient
adj. able to return to an original shape of form, springy, elastic, buoyant
reverberate
v. the re-echo, resound, to reflect or be reflected repeatedly, rumble, thunder, boom, echo
scurrilous
adj. coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul mouthed, obscene, vituperative
sedulous
adj. persistent, showing industry and determination, assiduous, tireless, indefatigable
sleazy
adj. thin or flimsy in texture, cheap, shoddy or inferior in quality or character, inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty