Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Unit 11

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abstemious

Back 1

moderate, sparing; characterized by abstinence and self-discipline, temperate, sober

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censurable

Back 2

deserving of blame or correction, discreditable, reprehensible

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contingent

Back 3

happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a large body, conditional, dependent, a detachment

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corroborate

Back 4

to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiale, verify, refute, contrabict, undermine, discredit

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denizen

Back 5

an inhabitant, resident, dweller, habitue

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discursive

Back 6

passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic, digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic

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disseminate

Back 7

to scatter or spread widely, disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate

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dowdy

Back 8

poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste, frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab

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florid

Back 9

highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy, flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant,

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foist

Back 10

to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine, palm off, fob off

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gauche

Back 11

awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy, inept, uncouth, maladroit

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heresy

Back 12

an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial fo an idea that is generally held sacred, unorthodox belief, heterodoxy

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inculcate

Back 13

to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly, instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue

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palpable

Back 14

capable of being tuched or felt; easily seen , heard, or recognized, tangible, plain, obvious, manifest

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perceptive

Back 15

having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation, insightful, discerning, observant

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pernicious

Back 16

extremely harmful; deadly, fatal, injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious

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salient

Back 17

leaping, jumping, or springing forth, prominent, standign out, conspicuous; a projection or bulge, striking, notable, protrusive, obvious

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sear

Back 18

to make and withered; to scorch the surface of

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specious

Back 19

deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit, deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic

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satiate

Back 20

to satisfy completely; to fill to excess, satisfied, gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge