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Unit 11 vocab
Vocab words from unit 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstemious | (adj.)Moderate,sparing,characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
| Denizen | (n.)an inhabitant, resident;one who frequents a place |
| Contingent | (adj.)Likely but not certain to happen,possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions;happening by chance. |
| Contingent | (n.)a representative group forming part of a larger body |
| Foist | (v.)to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine |
| Corroborate | (v.)to confirm, make more certain |
| Abstemious | (adj.)moderate,sparing; characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
| Disseminate | (v.)to scatter widley |
| Florid | (adj.)highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, overdecorated, showy |
| Censurable | (adj.)deserving of blame or correction |
| Discursive | (adj.)passing aimlessly fromone place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
| Dowdy | (adj.)poorly dressed, shabby, lacking smartness and good taste |
| Excentuate | (v.)to emphasize, place stress on |
| Specious | (adj.)deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
| Perceprive | (adj.)having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
| Palpable | (adj.)capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized |
| Sear | (v.)to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surfaceof; to harden or make unfeeling |
| Satiate | (v.)to satisfy completely; to fill to excess |
| Satiate | (adj.)full, satisfied |
| Gauche | (adj.)awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
| Incalcate | (v.)to impress on the mind by repetiton, teach persistently and earnestly |
| Heresy | (n.)an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| Pernicious | (adj.)extremly harmful; deadly, fatal |
| Quail | (v.)to shrink back in fear, lose heart in a difficult or dangerous situation |
| Salient | (adj.)leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous |
| Salient | (n.)a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |