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bkhs 11/F unit 11
sadlier-oxford vocab workshop level f unit 11
Question | Answer |
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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 |