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Week Eleven
Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstemious (adjective) | Moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline, moderate, temperat |
| Censurable (adjective) | Deserving of blame or corruption |
| Contingent (adjective or noun) | Adjective: Likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance Noun: A representative group forming part of a larger body, a detachment |
| Corroborate (verb) | To confirm, make certain, bolster, verify, substantiate |
| Denizen (noun) | An inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place |
| Discursive (adjective) | Passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic, wandering |
| Disseminate (verb) | To scatter or spread widely, disperse; to publicize, broadcast, circulate |
| Dowdy (adjective) | Poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste, frumpy |
| Florid (adjective) | Highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy, frilly and flamboyant |
| Foist (verb) | To impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty or coercion |
| Gauche (adjective) | Awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy, inept |
| Heresy (noun) | An opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred, unorthodox belief |
| Inculcate (verb) | To impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly; to instill, infuse |
| Palpable (adjective) | Capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard or recognized; tangible, plain, obvious |
| Perceptive (adjective) | Having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
| Pernicious (adjective) | Extremely harmful; deadly, fatal, injurious |
| Salient (adjective or noun) | Adjective: Leaping, jumping or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous, notable Noun: A projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward and/or outward |
| Satiate (verb or adjective) | Verb: To satisfy completely; to fill to excess; to gorge, gratify Adjective: Full, satisfied |
| Sear (verb) | To make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, singe |
| Specious (adjective) | Deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
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