Sadlier Unit 11 (03.05.21)

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Abstemious

Question 2

synonyms: temperate, sober, moderate

Answer 2

Abstemious

Question 3

antonyms: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate

Answer 3

Abstemious

Question 4

(adj.) deserving of blame or correction

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Censurable

Question 5

synonyms: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible

Answer 5

Censurable

Question 6

antonyms: commendable, laudable, meritorious

Answer 6

Censurable

Question 7

(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

Answer 7

Contingent

Question 8

synonyms: (adj.) conditional, dependent; (n.) a detachment

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Contingent

Question 9

antonyms: (adj.) independent of, unconnected with, certain

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Contingent

Question 10

(v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify

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Corroborate

Question 11

antonyms: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit

Answer 11

Corroborate

Question 12

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

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Denizen

Question 13

synonyms: resident, dweller, habitue

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Denizen

Question 14

antonyms: alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner

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Denizen

Question 15

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

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Discursive

Question 16

synonyms: digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic

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Discursive

Question 17

antonyms: short and to the point, succinct

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Discursive

Question 18

(v.) to scatter or spread widely

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Disseminate

Question 19

synonyms: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate

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Disseminate

Question 20

antonyms: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide

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Disseminate

Question 21

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

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Dowdy

Question 22

synonyms: frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab

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Dowdy

Question 23

antonyms: chic, stylish, elegant, fashionable

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Dowdy

Question 24

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

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Florid

Question 25

synonyms: flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant

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Florid

Question 26

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

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Foist

Question 27

synonyms: pass off, palm off, fob off

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Foist

Question 28

(adj) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

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Gauche

Question 29

synonyms: inept, uncouth, maladroit

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Gauche

Question 30

antonyms: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic

Answer 30

Gauche

Question 31

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

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Heresy

Question 32

antonyms: orthodoxy

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Heresy

Question 33

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

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Inculate

Question 34

synonyms: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue

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Inculate

Question 35

antonyms: efface, extirpate, root out

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Inculate

Question 36

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

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Palpable

Question 37

synonyms: tangible, plain, obvious, manifest

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Palpable

Question 38

antonyms: intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal

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Palpable

Question 39

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

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Perceptive

Question 40

synonyms: insightful, discerning, observant

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Perceptive

Question 41

antonyms: dense, thick, obtuse, dim-witted

Answer 41

Perceptive

Question 42

(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

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Pernicious

Question 43

synonyms: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious

Answer 43

Pernicious

Question 44

antonyms: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious

Answer 44

Pernicious

Question 45

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

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Salient

Question 46

synonyms: (adj.) striking, notable, protrusive, obvious

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Salient

Question 47

antonyms: (adj.) inconspicuous, recessive

Answer 47

Salient

Question 48

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

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Satiate

Question 49

synonyms: (v.) gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge

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Satiate

Question 50

antonyms: (v.) starve, deprive entirely of

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Satiate

Question 51

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

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Sear

Question 52

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

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Specious

Question 53

synonyms: deceptively, plausible, sophistic, casuistic

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Specious

Question 54

antonyms: valid, sound, solid, genuine

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Specious

Question 55

synonyms: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy

Answer 55

Heresy