Chapter 11 Vocab
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| moderate, sparing; characterized by abstinence and self discipline | Abstemious
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| Deserving of blame or correction | Censurable
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| (adj) likely but not certain to happen; possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance(n) a representative group forming part of a larger body | Contingent
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| To confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify | Corroborate
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| An inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place | Denizen
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| Passing aimlessly from one place to another; rambling, roving, nomadic | Discursive
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| To scatter or spread widely | Disseminate
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| Poorly dressed; shabby; lacking smartness and good taste | Dowdy
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| Highly colored, reddish, excessively ornate, showy | Florid
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| To impose by fraud, to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coersion | Foist
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| Awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy | Gauche
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| An opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred | Heresy
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| To impress on hte mind by repitition, teach persistently and earnestly | Inculcate
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| Capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized | Palpable
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| Having sympathetic insight or understanding; capable of keen appreciation | Perceptive
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| Extremely harmful, deadly, fatal | Pernicious
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| (adj) Leaping, jumping, or springing forth, prominent, standing out, conspicuous(n) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward | Salient
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| (v) to satisfy completely; to fill excess(adj) full, satisfied | Satiate
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| to make or become dry and withered, to char or scorch the surface of, to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe | Sear
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| Deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit | Specious
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