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20 Cards in this Set
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Abstemious |
(adj.) Moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self discipline |
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Censurable |
(adj.) Deserving of blame or correction |
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Contingent |
(adj.) Likely but not certain to happen, possible; happening by chance (n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body |
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Corroborate |
(v.) To confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify |
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Denizen |
(n.) An inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place |
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Discursive |
(adj.) Passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
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Disseminate |
(v.) To scatter or spread widely |
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Dowdy |
(adj.) Poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste |
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Florid |
(adj.) Highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
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Foist |
(v.) To impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion |
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Gauche |
(adj.) Awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
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Heresy |
(n.) An opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
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Inculcate |
(v.) To impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly |
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Palpable |
(adj.) Capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized |
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Perceptive |
(adj.) Having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
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Pernicious |
(adj.) Extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
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Salient |
(adj.) Leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous (n.) A projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
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Satiate |
(v.) To satisfy completely; to fill to excess (adj.) Full, satisfied |
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Sear |
(v.) To make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch |
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Specious |
(adj.) Deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
