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abstemious |
moderate, sparing (as in eating or drinking), characterized by absitnence and self dsicipline |
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censurable |
deserving of balme of correction |
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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 |
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corroborate |
to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantitate, verify |
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denizen |
an inhabitant, resident, one who frequents a place |
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discursive |
passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
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disseminate |
to scatter or spread widely |
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dowdy |
poorly dressed, shabby, lacking smartness and good taste |
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florid |
highly colored, reddish, excessively ornate, showy |
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foist |
to impose by fraud, to pass off as worthy or genuine, to bring about by stealth, dishonesty or coercion |
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gauche |
awkard, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
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heresy |
an opinion different from accepted belief, the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
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inculcate |
to impress on the mind by repetition; teach persistently and earnestly |
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palpable |
capable of being touched or felt, easily seen, heard, or recognized |
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perceptive |
having sympatheitic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
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pernicious |
extremely harmful, deadly, fatal |
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salient |
leaping, jumping , or springing forth, prominent, standing out, conspicuous ; a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
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satiate |
to satisfy completely, to fill to excess, full, satisfied |
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sear |
to make ore become dry and withered, to char or scorch the surface of, to harden or make unfeeling, to patch, dessicate, singe |
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specious |
deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
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