| Term | Definition |
|---|
| gauche | clumsy, tactless; uncouth, maladroit |
| pernicious | injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious |
| specious | deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic |
| discursive | digressive, diffuse, rambling, episodic |
| heresy | an unorthodox belief, heterodoxy |
| inculcate | to instill implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue |
| foist | to pass off, palm off, fob off |
| sear | to parch, desiccate, to singe, brown |
| satiate | to gratify; to cloy, surfeit, gorge |
| salient | conspicuous, prominent, protrusive |
| contingent | conditional, dependent, a detachment |
| palpable | tangible; plain, obvious, manifest |
| denizen | a resident, inhabitant, an habitue |
| disseminate | to spread far and wide, broadcast, blazon |
| perceptive | insightful, discerning, observant |
| quail | to shrink, recoil, cower, flinch |
| accentuate | to accent, stress, emphasize |
| florid | flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, ornate |
| abstemious | sparing, moderate, temperate |
| censurable | blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible |
| corroborate | to bolster, substantiate, verify |
| dowdy | frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab |
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