| A | B |
|---|
| adstemious | moderate,sparing;characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
| censurable | deserving of blame or correction |
| contingent | likely but not certain to happen |
| corroborate | to confirm,make more certain |
| denizen | an inhabitant,resident |
| discursive | passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another |
| disseminate | to scatter or spread widely |
| dowdy | poorly dressed,shabby;lacking smartness and good taste |
| florid | highly colored,reddish |
| foist | to impose by fraud;to pass off as worhty or genuine |
| gauche | awkward,lacking in social graces,tactless,clumsy |
| heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief |
| inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition,teach persistently and earnestly |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt;easily seen,heard,or recognized |
| perceptive | having sympathetic insight or understanding,capable of keen appreciation |
| pernicious | extremly harmful;deadly,fatal |
| salient | leaping,jumping,or springing forth |
| satiate | to satisfy completely;to fill to excess |
| sear | to make or become dry |
| specious | deceptive,apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
