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| denizen | inhabitant, one who frequents a place: resident, habitue: alien, outsider |
| contingent | likely but not certain to happen, representative group: conditional, dependent: independent, certain |
| foist | to impose by fraud, pass of as genuine: to pass/fob off |
| corroborate | to confirm, make more certain: to bolster, verify: to refute, discredit |
| abstemious | moderate, charac. by self discipline: sparing, temperate: indulgent, immoderate |
| disseminate | to scatter widely: broadcast, blazon: bring together, concentrate |
| florid | highly colored, excessively ornate: flushed, ruddy, frilly: pale, sallow, stark |
| censurable | deserving of blame or correction: blameworthy, reprehensible: commendable, laudable |
| discursive | passing aimlessly from one place to another: digressive, rambling, diffuse: to the point, succinct |
| dowdy | poorly dressed, shabby: frumpy, tacky, drab: chic, stylish, smart |
| accentuate | to emphasize, place stress on: to accent, stress: to downplay, soft-petal |
| specious | deceptive, appear good but lack real merit: deceptively plausible, sophistic: valid, genuine |
| perceptive | having sympathetic insight: insightful, discerning: dense, dim-witted |
| palpable | capable of being felt, easily seen/heard: tangible, plain, manifest: intangible, insubstantial |
| sear | become dry or withered, scorch surface of: to parch, desiccate, singe, brown |
| satiate | to satisfy completely: to gratify, cloy, gorge: to deprive entirely of |
| gauche | awkward, lacking social graces: clumsy, tactless, maladroit: adroit, tactful, diplomatic |
| inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition: to instill, implant, ingrain: to efface, extirpate |
| heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief: an unorthodox belief, heterodoxy: orthodoxy |
| pernicious | extremely harmful, fatal: injurious, baleful, noxious: harmless, innocuous |
| quail | to shrink back in fear: to shrink, recoil, cower: to stand firm |
| salient | springing forth, projection or bulge: conspicuous, prominent: inconspicuous, recessive |
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