Unit 11

Question 0

Accentuate

Answer 0

V. To emphasize

Question 1

Abstemious

Answer 1

Adj. characterized by abstinence & self discipline

Question 2

Cesurable

Answer 2

Adj. deserving of blame or correction

Question 3

Contingent

Answer 3

Adj. dependent on events; possible

N. a representative group

Question 4

Corroborate

Answer 4

V. To confirm, make certain

Question 5

Denizen

Answer 5

N. an inhabitant, resident

Question 6

Discursive

Answer 6

Adj. rambling from one subject to another

Question 7

Disseminate

Answer 7

V. To scatter widely

Question 8

Dowdy

Answer 8

Adj. lacking good taste, poorly dressed

Question 9

Florid

Answer 9

Adj. highly colored, ornate showy

Question 10

Foist

Answer 10

V. To impose by fraud, to bring in by dishonestly

Question 11

Gauche

Answer 11

Adj. lacking in social graces, tactless

Question 12

Heresy

Answer 12

N. an opinion different from accepted belief; denial of sacred idea

Question 13

Inculcate

Answer 13

V. To impress upon the mind by repetition

Question 14

Palpable

Answer 14

Adj. capable of being touched: easily seen or heard

Question 15

Perceptive

Answer 15

Adj. having keen insight

Question 16

Pernicacious

Answer 16

Adj. extremely harmful

Question 17

Quail

Answer 17

V. To shrink back in fear

Question 18

Salient

Answer 18

Adj. prominent, conspicuous

N. a projection or bulge

Question 19

Satiate

Answer 19

V. To satisfy completely

Question 20

Sear

Answer 20

V. To make or become dry; char

Question 21

Specious

Answer 21

Adj. deceptive, apparently good but lacking real value

Question 22

Ebullient

Answer 22

Adj. enthusiastic (boiling up and over)

Question 23

Germane

Answer 23

Adj. related, fitting, appropriate

Question 24

Nefarious

Answer 24

Adj. extremely wicked