Question | Answer |
Abstemious | (adj.) moderate, sparing (as eating or drinking), characterized by abstinence and self discipline |
Censurable | (adj.) deserving of blame or correction |
Contingent | (adj.) likely but not certain to happen, possible, dependant on uncertain events, (n.) a representative group from a larger body |
Corroborate | (v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, verify |
Denizen | (n.) an inhabitant, resident, one who frequents a place |
Discursive | (adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving |
Disseminate | (v.) to scatter or spread widely |
Dowdy | (adj.) poorly dressed, shabby, lacking smartness and good taste |
Florid | (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
Foist | (v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty |
Gauche | (adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
Heresy | (n.) an opinion different from the accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is greatly held sacred |
Inculcate | (v.) to impress on the mind by repetition, to teach persistently and earnestly |
Palpable | (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized |
Perceptive | (adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
Pernicious | (adj.) extremely harmful, deadly, fatal |
Salient | (adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing fourth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous (n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
Satiate | (v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess (adj.) full, satisfied |
Sear | (v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, singe |
Specious | (adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |