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| denizen | (n) an inhabitant resident; one who frequents a place |
| contingent | (adj) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance;(n) a representative group forming part of a larger body |
| foist | (v) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring in by stealthy, dishonestly, or coercion |
| corroborate | (v) to confirm, make more certain |
| abstemious | (adj) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking): characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
| disseminate | (v) to scatter widely |
| florid | (adj) highly colored, reddish, excessively ornate, overdecorated showy |
| censurable | (adj) deserving of blame or correction |
| discursive | (adj) passing aimlessly from one subject to another rambling |
| dowdy | (adj) poorly dressed shabby; lacking smaratness and good taste |
| accentuate | (v) to place stress or emphasize |
| speciou | (adj) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
| perceptive | (adj) having smpathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
| palpable | (adj) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen heard, or recognized |
| sear | (v) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of |
| satiate | (v) o safisfy completely; to fill to excess |
| gauche | (adj) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
| inculcate | (v) to impress on the mind by repetition teach persistently and earanest |
| heresy | (n) an oppinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| pernicious | (adj) extremely harmful: deadly, fatal |
| quail | (v) to shrink back in fear, lose hearat in a difficult or dangerous situation |
| salient | (adj) prominent, standing out, conspicuous: (n) a projection or bulge oten in a military sense) |
