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Eng: Chapter 11
Stadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Level F
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstemious | moderate, sparing |
| censurable | deserving blame or correction |
| contingent | possible, happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a larger body |
| corroborate | to confirm, substantiate |
| denizen | a resident; one who frequents a place |
| discursive | rambling, roving, nomadic |
| disseminate | to scatter |
| dowdy | poorly dressed, shabby |
| florid | highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
| foist | to impose by fraud; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion |
| gauche | awkward, lacking in social graces |
| heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief |
| inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized |
| perceptive | having sympathetic insight or understanding |
| pernicious | extremely harmful; fatal |
| salient | leaping forth; prominent; a projection or bulge, a land form that project upward or outward |
| satiate | to satisfy completely; full |
| sear | dry and whiter; char or scorch; to harden or making unfeeling |
| specious | deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |