vocab unit 11B

Question 1

AdJ
awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy, socially awkward

Answer 1

gauche

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Heresy

Question 3

Verb
to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistency and earnestly
Fast and repeated learning and teaching

Answer 3

Inculcate

Question 4

ADJ
capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
More like an emotion

Answer 4

palpable

Question 5

ADJ
having sympathetic insight understanding, capable of keen appreciation
Able to pursue

Answer 5

perceptive

Question 6

ADJ
extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

Answer 6

Pernicious

Question 7

ADJ
leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous
Noun
a projection or bulge, a land from that projects upward or outward
Something that jumps out metaphorically not literally

Answer 7

Salient

Question 8

Verb
to satisfy completely; to fill to excess
ADJ full, satisfied

Answer 8

satiate

Question 9

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

Answer 9

sear

Question 10

ADJ deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
Shallow goodness; good on the out but bad on the inside

Answer 10

specious