| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abstemious | moderate, sparing (as in eating); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline; temperate, sober, moderate |
| censurable | deserving of blame or correction; blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible |
| contingent | likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; conditional, dependent; a representative group forming part of a larger body; a detachment |
| corroborate | to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify; refute, contradict, undermine, discredit |
| denizen | an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place; resident, dweller, habitué |
| discursive | passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic; digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic |
| disseminate | to scatter or spread widely; disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate |
| dowdy | poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste; frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab |
| florid | highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy; flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant |
| foist | to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion; pass off, plam off, fob off |
| gauche | awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy; inept, uncouth, maladroit |
| heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred; unorthodox belief, heterodoxy |
| inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly; instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue |
| palpable | capable of being TOUCHED or FELT; easily SEEN, HEARD, or recognized; tangible, plain, obvious, manifest |
| perceptive | having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation; insightful, discerning, observant |
| pernicious | extremely harmful; deadly, fatal; injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious |
| salient | leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; striking, notable, protrusive, obvious; a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
| satiate | to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge; 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; deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic |
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