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