Unit 11

Question 1

moderate, sparing (as in eating or drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline

Answer 1

abstemious

Question 2

deserving of blame or correction

Answer 2

censurable

Question 3

discreditable syn fort

Answer 3

censurable

Question 4

likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance

Answer 4

contingent

Question 5

Certain ant for

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contingent

Question 6

a representative group forming part of a larger body

Answer 6

contingent

Question 7

detachment syn for

Answer 7

contingent

Question 8

to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify

Answer 8

corroborate

Question 9

an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

Answer 9

denizen

Question 10

passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic

Answer 10

discursive

Question 11

episodic syn for

Answer 11

discursive

Question 12

to scatter or spread widely

Answer 12

disseminate

Question 13

poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

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dowdy

Question 14

highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

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florid

Question 15

flushed, ruddy syn for

Answer 15

florid

Question 16

to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion

Answer 16

foist

Question 17

pass off, palm off, fob off syn for

Answer 17

foist

Question 18

awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

Answer 18

gauche

Question 19

politic ant for

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gauche

Question 20

an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

Answer 20

heresy

Question 21

heresy accented syllable

Answer 21

her

Question 22

heterodoxy syn for

Answer 22

heresy

Question 23

to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly

Answer 23

inculcate

Question 24

capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognize

Answer 24

palpable

Question 25

manifest syn for

Answer 25

palpable

Question 26

having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation

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perceptive

Question 27

extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

Answer 27

pernicious

Question 28

innocuous ant for

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pernicious

Question 29

leaping, jumping, or spring forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous

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salient

Question 30

recessive ant for

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salient

Question 31

a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward

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salient

Question 32

to satisfy completely; to fill to excess

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satiate

Question 33

surfeit, gorge syn for

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satiate

Question 34

full, satisfied

Answer 34

satiate

Question 35

satiate part of speech

Answer 35

verb, adjective

Question 36

to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, singe

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sear

Question 37

deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

Answer 37

specious

Question 38

deceptively plausible syn for

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specious

Question 39

sophistic syn for

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specious

Question 40

casuistic syn for

Answer 40

specious e

Question 41

inculcate accented syllable

Answer 41

in