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