Unit 11 Vocabulary Workbook

Question 1

abstemious

Answer 1

moderate, sparing

Question 2

censurable

Answer 2

deserving of blame or correction

Question 3

contingent

Answer 3

likely but not certain to happen

Question 4

corroborate

Answer 4

to confirm, make more certain

Question 5

denizen

Answer 5

an inhabitant, resident

Question 6

discursive

Answer 6

passing aimlessly from one place to another

Question 7

disseminate

Answer 7

to scatter or spread widely

Question 8

dowdy

Answer 8

poorly dressed, shabby

Question 9

florid

Answer 9

highly colored, reddish

Question 10

foist

Answer 10

to impose by fraud

Question 11

gauche

Answer 11

awkward, lacking in social graces

Question 12

heresy

Answer 12

an opinion different from accepted belief

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

extrememly harmful

Question 17

salient

Answer 17

leaping, jumping, or springing forth

Question 18

satiate

Answer 18

to satisfy completely

Question 19

sear

Answer 19

to make or become dry and withered

Question 20

specious

Answer 20

deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit