Week 3 Day 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

abstemious

Answer 1

(adj. )
1. sparing or moderate in eating or drinking
2. characterized by abstinence
3. sparing

Question 2

censurable

Answer 2

(adj. )

1. deserving censure or blame

Question 3

contingent

Answer 3

(adj. )
1. depending for existence, occurrence
2. conditional
(n. )
1. a quota of troops furnished
2. any one of representative groups composing an assemblage
3. the proportion that falls to one as a share

Question 4

corroborate

Answer 4

(v. )

1. to make more certain or confirm

Question 5

denizen

Answer 5

(n. )
1. an inhabitant; resident
2. a person who regularly frequents a place
3. anything adapted to a new place or condition
(v. )
1. to make a denizen of

Question 6

discursive

Answer 6

(adj. )
1. passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive
2. proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition

Question 7

disseminate

Answer 7

(v. )

1. to scatter or spread widely

Question 8

dowdy

Answer 8

(adj. )
1. not stylish
2. not neat or tidy
(n. )
1. a dowdy woman

Question 9

florid

Answer 9

(adj. )
1. reddish, ruddy, rosy
2. flowery, excessively ornate

Question 10

foist

Answer 10

(v. )
1. to force upon or impose fraudulently
2. to bring, put, or introduce surreptitiously

Question 11

gauche

Answer 11

(adj. )

1. lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness

Question 12

heresy

Answer 12

(n. )
1. opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine
2. any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs, etc.

Question 13

inculcate

Answer 13

(v. )
1. to implant by repeated statement or admonition
2. to cause or influence to accept an idea or feeling

Question 14

palpable

Answer 14

(adj. )
1. readily or plainly seen, heard, or perceived
2. capable of being touched or felt, tangible

Question 15

perceptive

Answer 15

(adj. )
1. having or showing keenness of insight, understanding
2. having the power or faculty of perceiving
3. of, relating to, or showing perception

Question 16

pernicious

Answer 16

(adj. )
1. causing insidious harm or ruin
2. deadly or fatal

Question 17

salient

Answer 17

(adj. )
1. prominent or conspicuous
2. projecting or pointing outward
(n. )
1. a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or battle line

Question 18

satiate

Answer 18

(v. )
1. to supply with anything to excess
2. to satisfy to the full

Question 19

sear

Answer 19

(v. )
1. to burn or char the surface of
2. to mark with a branding iron
3. to scorch or burn
4. to make callous or unfeeling
(n. )
1. a mark or scar made by searing

Question 20

specious

Answer 20

(adj. )
1. apparently good or right though lacking real merit
2. superficially pleasing or plausible
3. pleasing to the eye but deceptive