Unit 11 Vocabulary

Question 1

Abstemious

Answer 1

(adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
S: temperate, sober, moderate
A: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate

Question 2

Censurable

Answer 2

(adj.) deserving of blame or correction
S: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible
A: commendable, laudable, meritorious

Question 3

Contingent

Answer 3

(adj.) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance
(n) a representative group forming part of a larger body
S: (adj.) conditional, dependent; (n) a detachment
A: (adj.) independent of, unconnected with, certain

Question 4

Corroborate

Answer 4

(v) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
A: (adj.) refute, contradict, undermine, discredit

Question 5

Denizen

Answer 5

(n) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place
S: resident, dweller, habitue
A: alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner

Question 6

Discursive

Answer 6

(adj.) passing aimlessly from on place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic
S: digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic
A: short and to the point, succinct

Question 7

Disseminate

Answer 7

(v) to scatter or spread widely
S: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate
A: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide

Question 8

Drowdy

Answer 8

(adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
S: frumpy, tacky, frowzy, drab
A: chic, stylish, elegant, fashionable

Question 9

Florid

Answer 9

(adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
S: flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant
A: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark

Question 10

Foist

Answer 10

(v) to impose by fraud; to pass of as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
S: pass off, palm off, fob off

Question 11

Gauche

Answer 11

(adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
S: inept, uncouth, maladroit
A: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic

Question 12

Heresy

Answer 12

(n) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
S: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy
A: orthodoxy

Question 13

Inculcate

Answer 13

(v) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
S: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue
A: efface, extirpate, root out

Question 14

Palpable

Answer 14

(adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
S: tangible, plain, obvious, manifest
A: intangible, insubstantial. incorporeal

Question 15

Perceptive

Answer 15

(adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
S: insightful, discerning, observant
A: dense, thick, obtuse, dim-witted

Question 16

Pernicious

Answer 16

(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
S: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious
A: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious

Question 17

Salient

Answer 17

(adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward
S: (adj.) striking, notable, protrusile, obvious
A: (adj.) inconspicuous, recessive

Question 18

Satiate

Answer 18

(v) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess
(adj.) full, satisfied
S: (v) gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge
A: (v) starve, deprive entirely of

Question 19

Sear

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Specious

Answer 20

(adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
S: deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic
A: valid, solid, genuine