Sadlier Unit 11

Question 1

Abstemious

Answer 1

Moderate, sparing, characterized by self-discipline

Question 2

Censurable

Answer 2

Deserving of blame or correction

Question 3

Contingent

Answer 3

Likely, but not certain

Question 4

Corroborate

Answer 4

To confirm, bolster, substantiate

Question 5

Denizen

Answer 5

Inhabitant, resident, one who frequents a place

Question 6

Discursive

Answer 6

Passing aimlessly, from one subject or place, rambling

Question 7

Disseminate

Answer 7

Scatter, spread widely

Question 8

Dowdy

Answer 8

Poorly dressed, shabby, lacking taste

Question 9

Florid

Answer 9

Highly colored, reddish, excessively ornate

Question 10

Foist

Answer 10

Impose by fraud, pass off as genuine

Question 11

Gauche

Answer 11

Awkward, lacking in tact or social grace

Question 12

Heresy

Answer 12

An opinion different from accepted belief. Denial of sacred ideas

Question 13

Inculcate

Answer 13

To impress on the mind by repetition

Question 14

Palpable

Answer 14

Capable of being touched or felt

Question 15

Perceptive

Answer 15

Having sympathetic insight or understanding

Question 16

Pernicious

Answer 16

Extremely harmful, deadly

Question 17

Salient

Answer 17

Leaping, jumping, springing forth. A projection

Question 18

Satiate

Answer 18

To satisfy completely, fill to excess. Satisfied

Question 19

Sear

Answer 19

To make become dry and withered. Singe

Question 20

Specious

Answer 20

Deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking merit