UNIT #3 FLASHCARDS

Question 1

abstemious

Answer 1

(adjective) not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking.

Question 2

censurable

Answer 2

(adjective) deserving blame or censure.

Question 3

contingent

Answer 3

1. (adjective) dependent on or conditioned by something else.
2. (adjective) likely but not certain to happen
3. (adjective) not logically necessary.
4. (noun) a representative group
5. (adjective) happening by chance

Question 4

corroborate

Answer 4

(verb) confirm or give support to

Question 5

denizen

Answer 5

(noun) an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place.

Question 6

discursive

Answer 6

1. (adjective) digressing from subject to subject.

2. (adjective) relating to discourse or modes of discourse.

Question 7

disseminate

Answer 7

(verb) spread something, usually information, widely

Question 8

dowdy

Answer 8

(adjective) unfashionable and without style in appearance.

Question 9

florid

Answer 9

1. (adjective) having a red or flushed complexion.

2. (adjective) elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated.

Question 10

foist

Answer 10

(verb) impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on.

Question 11

gauche

Answer 11

(adjective) lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially akward.

Question 12

heresy

Answer 12

1. (noun) belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious doctrine.
2. (noun) opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted.

Question 13

inculcate

Answer 13

(verb) instill an attitude, idea or habit, by persistent instruction.

Question 14

palpable

Answer 14

1. (adjective) a feeling or atmosphere so intense as to seem almost tangible.
2. (adjective) able to be touched or felt.

Question 15

perceptive

Answer 15

(adjective) having or showing sensitive insight.

Question 16

pernicious

Answer 16

(adjective) having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Question 17

salient

Answer 17

1. (adjective) most noticeable or important.
2. (adjective) an angle pointing outward.
3. (noun) an animal standing on its hind legs with the forepaws raised, like it leaping.

Question 18

satiate

Answer 18

(verb) to satisfy; appease.

Question 19

sear

Answer 19

1. (verb) burn or scorch the surface of something, with sudden, intense heat.
2. (verb) (of pain) be experienced as a sudden sharp burning sensation.

Question 20

specious

Answer 20

1. (adjective) superficially plausible, but actually wrong.

2. (adjective) misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive.