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| abstemious | adj. moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
| accentuate | v. to emphasize, to place stress on |
| censurable | adj. desreving of blame or correction |
| contingent | adj. likely but not certain to happen, posible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance n. a representtive group forming part of a larger body |
| corroborate | v. to confirm, to make more certain |
| denizen | n. an inhabitant, residnet; one who frequents a place |
| discursive | adj. passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
| disseminate | v. to scatter widely |
| dowdy | adj. poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness or good taste |
| florid | adj. highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, overdecorated, showy |
| foist | v. to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring in by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion |
| gauche | adj. awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
| heresy | an opinion diffferent from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| inculcate | v. to impress on the mind by reptitiion, teach persistently and earnestly |
| palpable | adj. capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized |
| perceptive | adj. having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
| pernicious | adj. extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
| quail | v. to shrink back in fear, lose heart in a difficult or dangerous situation |
| salient | adj. leaping, jumping, or spring forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous n. a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
| satiate | v. to satisfy completely; to fill to excess adj. full, satisfied |
| sear | v. to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling |
| specious | adj. decptive, aparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
