Voc F 11

Question 0

censurable

Answer 0

(Adj) deserving of blame or correction

Question 1

abstemious

Answer 1

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

Question 2

contingent

Answer 2

(Adj) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; (n) a representative group firming part of a larger body

Question 3

corroborate

Answer 3

(V) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify

Question 4

denizen

Answer 4

(N) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

Question 5

discursive

Answer 5

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

Question 6

disseminate

Answer 6

(V) to scatter or spread widely

Question 7

dowdy

Answer 7

(Adj) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

Question 8

florid

Answer 8

(Adj) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate; showy

Question 9

foist

Answer 9

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

Question 10

gauche

Answer 10

(Adj) awkward, lacking in social graves, tactless, clumsy

Question 11

heresy

Answer 11

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

Question 12

inculcate

Answer 12

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

Question 13

palpable

Answer 13

(adj) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized

Question 14

perceptive

Answer 14

(adj) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation

Question 15

pernicious

Answer 15

(adj) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

Question 16

salient

Answer 16

(adj) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n) a projection or bulge, a land from that projects upward or outward

Question 17

satiate

Answer 17

(v) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj) full, satisfied

Question 18

sear

Answer 18

(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 19

specious

Answer 19

(adj) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit