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| Abstemious | (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline. Syn: temperate, sober, moderate. Ant: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate. Ex. She came from a long line of quiet, thrifty, and ______ farming folk. |
| Censurable | (adj.) deserving of blame or correction. Syn: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible. Ant: commendable, laudable, meritorious. Ex. Because he was unaware of what he had done, we decided that his behavior was not ______. |
| Contingent | (adj.) likely but not certain to appen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; (n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body. Syn: (adj.) conditional, dependent; (n.) a detachment. Ant: (adj.) independent of, unconnected with, certain. Ex. ______ on our parents' approval, we plan to take a trip through Alaska next summer. |
| Corroborate | (v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify. Ant: (adj.) refute, contradict, undermine, discredit. Ex. He could tell the court where I was and for how long, but he still needed a witness to ____ his statements. |
| Denizen | (n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place. Syn: resident, dweller, habitue. Ant: alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner. Ex. A lover of marine life, she knew all the names of the scaly ______ of our lake. |
| Discursive | (adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic. Syn: digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic. Ant: short and to the point, succinct. Ex. Within the ____ account of his life, there was a fairly complete history of the whole village. |
| Disseminate | (v.) to scatter or spread widely. Syn: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate. Ant: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide. Ex. I decided that it was a bad idea to use my position in order to ______ my personal views. |
| Dowdy | (adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste. Syn: frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab. Ant: chic, stylish, elegant, fashionable. Ex. The actor wore ______ clothing and sunglasses so that no one would recognize him. |
| Florid | (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy. Syn: flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant. Ant: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark. Ex. The ______ style of architecture in the old part of town was a welcome change from the grim, newer blocks we had seen. |
| Foist | (v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring out by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion. Syn: pass off, palm off, fob off. Ex. During the 19th century the unscrupulous Jay Gould ______ thousands of worthless railroads shares on an unsuspecting public. |
| Gauche | (adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy. Syn: inept, uncouth, maladroit. Ant: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic. Ex. Though he was sincere when he thanked his guest for having stayed an extra week, his comment was considered. |
| Heresy | (n.) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred. Syn: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy. Ant: orthodoxy. Ex. Saving money to accumulate interest seems to be a form of ______ in these days of instant credit. |
| Inculate | (v.) to impress on the mind by repition, teach persistently and earnestly. Syn: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue. Ant: efface, extirpate, root out. Ex. It is important to ______ a healthy respect for authority into army recruits. |
| Palpable | (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized. Syn: tangible, plain, obvious, manifest. Ant: intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal. Ex. The excitement in the room was almost ______. |
| Perceptive | (adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation . Syn: insightful, discerning, observant. Ant: dense, thicky, obtuse, dim-witted. Ex. His ______ eye went at once through the roomful of noisy children to the child who was most ill at ease. |
| Pernicious | (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal. Syn: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious. Ant: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious. Ex. Night air was once thought to have a ______ effect on infants who were in poor health. |
| Salient | (adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicusou; (n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward. Syn: (adj.) striking, notable, protrusive, obvious. Ant: (adj.) inconspicuous, recessive. Ex. I think the most ______ feature of the new plan is its similarity to the old plan. |
| Satiate | (v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj.) full, satisfied. Syn: (v.) to gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge. Ant: (v.) starve, deprive entirely of. Ex. Nothing will ______ my hunger. |
| Sear | (v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe. Ex. We wanted to serve grilled vegetables, but I ______ them, and they tasted like leather. |
| Specious | (adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lakcing real merit. Syn: deceptivly plausible, sophistic, casuistic. Ant: valid, sound, solid, genuine. Ex. Through her resume looked very impressive, her claims of vast experience in the field were ______. |
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