Unit 11
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pianoplayer7201 on April 24, 2008
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstemious | moderate, sparing (as in eating or drinking), characterized by absitnence and self dsicipline |
| censurable | deserving of balme of correction |
| contingent | likely but not vcertain to happen, possible; dependent onuncertain events or conditions, happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a larger body |
| corroborate | to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantitate, verify |
| denizen | an inhabitant, resident, one who frequents a place |
| discursive | passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
| disseminate | to scatter or spread widely |
| dowdy | poorly dressed, shabby, lacking smartness and good taste |
| florid | highly colored, reddish, excessively ornate, showy |
| foist | to impose by fraud, to pass off as worthy or genuine, to bring about by stealth, dishonesty or coercion |
| gauche | awkard, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
| heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief, the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition; teach persistently and earnestly |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt, easily seen, heard, or recognized |
| perceptive | having sympatheitic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
| pernicious | extremely harmful, deadly, fatal |
| salient | leaping, jumping , or springing forth, prominent, standing out, conspicuous ; a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
| satiate | to satisfy completely, to fill to excess, full, satisfied |
| sear | to make ore become dry and withered, to char or scorch the surface of, to harden or make unfeeling, to patch, dessicate, singe |
| specious | deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
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