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unit 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| moderate sparing as in eating drinking characterized by abstinence and self discipline | abstemious |
| deserving blame or correction | censurable |
| likely but not certain to happen possible dependent on uncertain events or conditions happening by chance representative of group | contingent |
| to confirm make more certain bolster substantiate verify | corroborate |
| an inhabitant of resident one who frequents a place | denizen |
| passing aimlessly from 1 place to another rambling roving nomadic | discursive |
| to scatter or spread widely | disseminate |
| poorly dressed shabby lacking smartness and good taste | dowdy |
| highly colored reddish excessively ornate showy | florid |
| to impose a fraud to pass off as worthy or genuine dishonestly | foist |
| awkward lacking in social graces tactless clumsy | gauche |
| an opinion different accepted beliefs the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred | heresy |
| to impress on the mind by repetition teach persistently | inculcate |
| capable of being touched or felt easily seen heard or recognized | palpable |
| having sympathetic insight or understanding capable of keen appreciation | perceptive |
| extremely harmful deadly fatal | pernicious |
| leaping jumping or springing forth prominent standing out conspicuous a projection or bulge a land form that goes up or out | salient |
| to satisfy completely to fill in excess full | satiate |
| to make or become dry and withered to char or scorch surface of | sear |
| deceptive apparently good or valid but lacking real merit | specious |