Vocab words from unit 11
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| Abstemious | (adj.)Moderate,sparing,characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
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| Denizen | (n.)an inhabitant, resident;one who frequents a place
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| Contingent | (adj.)Likely but not certain to happen,possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions;happening by chance.
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| Contingent | (n.)a representative group forming part of a larger body
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| Foist | (v.)to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine
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| Corroborate | (v.)to confirm, make more certain
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| Abstemious | (adj.)moderate,sparing; characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
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| Disseminate | (v.)to scatter widley
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| Florid | (adj.)highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, overdecorated, showy
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| Censurable | (adj.)deserving of blame or correction
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| Discursive | (adj.)passing aimlessly fromone place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic
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| Dowdy | (adj.)poorly dressed, shabby, lacking smartness and good taste
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| Excentuate | (v.)to emphasize, place stress on
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| Specious | (adj.)deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
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| Perceprive | (adj.)having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
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| Palpable | (adj.)capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
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| Sear | (v.)to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surfaceof; to harden or make unfeeling
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| Satiate | (v.)to satisfy completely; to fill to excess
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| Satiate | (adj.)full, satisfied
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| Gauche | (adj.)awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
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| Incalcate | (v.)to impress on the mind by repetiton, teach persistently and earnestly
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| Heresy | (n.)an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
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| Pernicious | (adj.)extremly harmful; deadly, fatal
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| Quail | (v.)to shrink back in fear, lose heart in a difficult or dangerous situation
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| Salient | (adj.)leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous
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| Salient | (n.)a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward
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