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bkhs 11/F unit 11
sadlier-oxford vocab workshop level f unit 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abstemious | moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking) |
| censurable | deserving of blame or correction |
| contingent | likely but not certain to happen, possible; a representative group forming part of a larger body |
| corroborate | to confirm, make more certain |
| denizen | an inhabitant, resident |
| discursive | passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling |
| disseminate | to scatter or spread widely |
| dowdy | poorly dressed, shabby |
| florid | highly colored, reddish; showy |
| foist | to impose by fraud, to pass off as worthy or genuine |
| gauche | awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless |
| heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief |
| inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt |
| preceptive | having sympathetic insight or understanding |
| pernicious | extremely harmful |
| salient | leaping, jumping, or springing forth, conspicuous |
| satiate | to satisfy completely; to fill to excess |
| sear | to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface |
| specious | deceptive; apparently good by lacking real merit |