Unit 11

Question 1

Accentuate

Answer 1

To give emphasis to or to stress

Question 2

Censurable

Answer 2

Deserving of blame or censure

Question 3

Contingent

Answer 3

A representative group forming part of a larger group

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 moving aimlessly from topic to topic

Question 7

Disseminate

Answer 7

To scatter or spread abroad

Question 8

Dowdy

Answer 8

Lacking style or good taste

Question 9

Florid

Answer 9

Very ornate or over decorated

Question 10

Foist

Answer 10

To impose or pass off by fraud

Question 11

Abstemious

Answer 11

Temperate and moderate in diet

Question 12

Gauche

Answer 12

Lacking in social grace

Question 13

Heresy

Answer 13

An opinion or doctrine that is different from society’s accepted beliefs

Question 14

Inculcate

Answer 14

To teach by repetition

Question 15

Palpable

Answer 15

Capable of being felt and touched, tangible

Question 16

Perceptive

Answer 16

Showing a keen sense of understanding or insight

Question 17

Pernicious

Answer 17

Causing harm or ruin or injury; deadly

Question 18

Quail

Answer 18

To shrink back or lose courage when in a difficult situation

Question 19

Salient

Answer 19

A protecting or protruding part of a battle line

Standing out, noticeable, prominent, conspicuous

Question 20

Satiate

Answer 20

To satisfy to the full

Question 21

Sear

Answer 21

To burn or char on the surface

Question 22

Specious

Answer 22

Appearing as good but lacking in merit