Unit 11 Vocabulary

Question 0

censurable

Answer 0

adj. deserving of blame or correction

Question 1

abstemious

Answer 1

adj. moderate, sparing (as in eating or drinking)

Question 2

contingent

Answer 2

adj. dependent on uncertain events or conditions

Question 3

corroborate

Answer 3

v. to confirm, verify

Question 4

denizen

Answer 4

n. an inhabitant, resident

Question 5

discursive

Answer 5

adj. passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another

Question 6

disseminate

Answer 6

v. to scatter or spread widely

Question 7

dowdy

Answer 7

adj. poorly dressed, shabby

Question 8

florid

Answer 8

adj. highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

Question 9

foist

Answer 9

v. to pass off as worthy or genuine

Question 10

gauche

Answer 10

adj. awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

Question 11

heresy

Answer 11

n. an opinion different from accepted belief

Question 12

inculcate

Answer 12

v. to impress on the mind by repetition

Question 13

palpable

Answer 13

adj. easily seen, heard, or recognized

Question 14

perceptive

Answer 14

adj. having sympathetic insight or understanding

Question 15

pernicious

Answer 15

adj. extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

Question 16

salient

Answer 16

adj. prominent, standing out, conspicuous

Question 17

satiate

Answer 17

v. to satisfy completely

Question 18

sear

Answer 18

v. to char or scorch the surface of

Question 19

specious

Answer 19

adj. apparently good or valid but lacking real merit