Unit 11

Question 1

accentuate

Answer 1

to give emphasis to or to stress

Question 2

censurable

Answer 2

deserving of balme or censure

Question 3

contingent

Answer 3

a representative group forming part of a larger group; likely to occur but not with certianty

Question 4

corroborate

Answer 4

to make more certain or confirm

Question 5

denizen

Answer 5

an inhabitant or resident; a person who visits a place often

Question 6

discursive

Answer 6

rambling or movig aimlessly from topic to topic

Question 7

disseminate

Answer 7

to scatter or spread abroad

Question 8

dowy

Answer 8

lackig style or good taste; shabby

Question 9

florid

Answer 9

very ornnate and overdecorated

Question 10

foist

Answer 10

to impose or pass off by fraud

Question 11

gauche

Answer 11

lacking in social grace; tactless

Question 12

heresy

Answer 12

an opiion or doctrine that is different from society’s accepted beliefs

Question 13

inculcate

Answer 13

to teac by repition

Question 14

palpable

Answer 14

capable of being touched and felt, tangible

Question 15

perceptive

Answer 15

showing a keen sense of uderstanding or insight

Question 16

pernicious

Answer 16

causing harm or ui or injury; eadly

Question 17

quail

Answer 17

to shrink back r lose courage when in a difficult situation

Question 18

salient

Answer 18

a projecting or protruding part of a battle lie; standing out, noticeable, prominent, or conspicuous

Question 19

satiate

Answer 19

to satisfy to the full

Question 20

sear

Answer 20

to burn or char on the surface

Question 21

specious

Answer 21

appearing as good but lacking merit

Question 22

abstemious

Answer 22

temperate and moderate in diet