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| Abstemious | (adj.) Moderate, sparing (as in eating or drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
| Censurable | (adj.) Deserving of blame or correction |
| Contingent | (adj.) Likely but not certain to happen, possible; Dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chances; (n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body |
| Corroborate | (v.) To confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify |
| Denizen | (n.) An inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place |
| Discursive | (adj.) Passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic. |
| Disseminate | (v.) To scatter or spread widely |
| Dowdy | (adj.) Poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste |
| Florid | (adj.) Highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
| Foist | (v.) To impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion |
| Gauche | (adj.) Awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
| Heresy | (n.) An opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| Inculcate | (v.) To impress on the mind by repetition, 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 |
| Salient | (adj.) Leaping, jumping, or springing 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; to parch, dessicate, singe |
| Specious | (adj.) Deceptive, apparently good or valid by lacking real merit |
