unit 4 vocab sent.

infer

Am I to _____ From what you just said that you were not present at the scene of the accident

erudite

As my opponent cited facts and figures without once referring to notes, I became aware of how _____ she was.

Propensity

Because of his _____ for gossiping, we tried not to let him learn anything about our personal affairs.

querulous

He is really insufferable when he gets into one of those_____ moods in which nothing in the world pleases him.

inscrutable

He tried in vain to guess what surprise he might expect next from that ______ pwer, lady luck.

aggrandize

He used his admittedly remarkable talents only to _____ himself not to benefit the society that was so kind to him.

scurrilious

His attempts to discredit her by belittling her ability and character were nothing more than ________ abuse.

repudiate

I am not going to ______ the ideas and standard by which I have guided my life just because they have become unpopular.

affable

If you happen to have an ______ seatmate on a long airplane flight, you may find yourself talking more freely about personal matters than you would under other circumstances.

aura

On his combat uniform he wore absolutely no insignia of rank, but he was surrounded with an unmistakable _____ of authority.

sedulous

Perhaps she had less native ability than some of her classmates, but her powers of concentration and ____ Study program enabled her to finish first in the class.

remonstrate

Since our efforts to ____ with the factory managers about pollution of the lake have been ineffective, we are now considering legal action

irrevocable

The commitment you have made is _____ without the consent of the other party to the agreement.

gossamer

The drops of dew sparkled like diamonds on the ______threads of the spider web.

Amorphous

The program he suggested was so barren of guiding ideas and specific proposals that i felt justified in referring to it as ______.

Reverberated

The sharp crack of the rifle shot______ through the hills.

resilient

This jacket is made of a material so _____ that it sheds wrinkles and keeps its shape even when one has worn it for days.

contraband

Under the latest regulations, any shipment of arms to those countries is illegal and may be seized as _______.

insular

While tsarist Russia's vast territories were almost purely continental, the British Empire included numerous ____ possessions.

Sleazy

dives full of disreputable and dangerous- looking characters have given the water front areas of many cities a bad rep.