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Unit 11 Flashcards

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

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abstemious

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deserving of blame or correction

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censurable

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discreditable syn fort

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censurable

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

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contingent

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Certain ant for

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contingent

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a representative group forming part of a larger body

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contingent

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detachment syn for

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contingent

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

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corroborate

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an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

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denizen

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

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discursive

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episodic syn for

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discursive

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to scatter or spread widely

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disseminate

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poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

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dowdy

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highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

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florid

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flushed, ruddy syn for

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florid

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

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foist

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pass off, palm off, fob off syn for

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foist

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awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

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gauche

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politic ant for

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gauche

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

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heresy

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heresy accented syllable

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her

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heterodoxy syn for

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heresy

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

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inculcate

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

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palpable

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manifest syn for

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palpable

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having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation

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perceptive

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extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

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pernicious

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innocuous ant for

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pernicious

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

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salient

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recessive ant for

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salient

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

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salient

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to satisfy completely; to fill to excess

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satiate

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surfeit, gorge syn for

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satiate

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full, satisfied

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satiate

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satiate part of speech

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verb, adjective

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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, singe

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sear

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deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

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specious

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deceptively plausible syn for

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specious

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sophistic syn for

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specious

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casuistic syn for

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specious e

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inculcate accented syllable

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10th Grade English (14 decks)

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