unit 11 vocab

Question 1

abstemious

Answer 1

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

Question 2

censurable

Answer 2

deserving of blame or correction

Question 3

contingent

Answer 3

(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

Question 4

corroborate

Answer 4

to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify

Question 5

denizen

Answer 5

an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

Question 6

discursive

Answer 6

passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic

Question 7

disseminate

Answer 7

to scatter or spread widely

Question 8

dowdy

Answer 8

poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

Question 9

florid

Answer 9

highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

Question 10

foist

Answer 10

to impose by fraud; to pass of as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion

Question 11

gauche

Answer 11

awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

Question 12

heresy

Answer 12

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

Question 13

inculcate

Answer 13

to impress on the mind by reputation, teach persistently and earnestly

Question 14

palpable

Answer 14

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

Question 15

perceptive

Answer 15

have sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation

Question 16

pernicious

Answer 16

extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

Question 17

salient

Answer 17

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

Question 18

satiate

Answer 18

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

Question 19

sear

Answer 19

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

Question 20

specious

Answer 20

deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

Question 21

abstemious syns and ants

Answer 21

syns: temperate, sober, moderate
ants: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate

Question 22

censurable syns and ants

Answer 22

syns: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible
ants: commendable, laudable, meritorious

Question 23

contingent syns and ants

Answer 23

syns: (adj) conditional, dependent; (n) a detachment
ants: independent of, unconnected with, certain

Question 24

corroborate syns and ants

Answer 24

ants: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit

Question 25

denizen syns and ants

Answer 25

syns: dweller, habitué ants: alien, outsider, foreigner

Question 26

discursive syns and ants

Answer 26

syns: diffuse, wandering, episodic ants: short and to the point, succinct

Question 27

disseminate syns and ants

Answer 27

syns: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate ants: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide

Question 28

dowdy syns and ants

Answer 28

syns: frumpy, frowsy ants: chic, elegant, fashionable

Question 29

florid syns and ants

Answer 29

syns: flushed, ruddy, frilly, flamboyant ants: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark

Question 30

foist syns and ants

Answer 30

syns: pass off, palm off, fob off

Question 31

gauche syns and ants

Answer 31

syns: inept, uncouth, maladroit ants: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic

Question 32

heresy syns and ants

Answer 32

syns: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy ants: orthodoxy

Question 33

inculcate syns and ants

Answer 33

syns: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue ants: efface, extirpate, root out

Question 34

palpable syns and ants

Answer 34

syns: obvious, manifest ants: intangible, insubstantial

Question 35

perceptive syns and ants

Answer 35

syns: insightful, discerning ants: dense, obtuse

Question 36

pernicious syns and ants

Answer 36

syns: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious ants: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious

Question 37

salient syns and ants

Answer 37

syns: striking, notable, proteus i’ve, obvious ants: inconspicuous, recessive

Question 38

satiate syns and ants

Answer 38

syns: surfeit, gorge ants: deprive entirely of

Question 39

specious syns and ants

Answer 39

syns: deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic ants: valid, sound, solid, genuine