Vocab Unit 12

Censurable

(adj) deserving of blame or correction

Corroborate

(v) to confirm, make more certain, blister, 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

Florid

(adj) highly colored, reddish; escessively ornate, showy

Gauche

(adj) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

Inculcate

(v) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly

Perceptive

(adj) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation

Salient

(adj) leaping, jumping; or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous

(n) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward

Sear

(v) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make underlying; to parch, single

Abstemious

(adj) moderation, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinece and self-discipline

Contingent

(adj) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent or uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance

(n) a representative group forming part of a larger body

Disseminate

(v) to scatter or spread widely

Dowdy

(adj) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

Foist

(v) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion

Heresy

(n) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

Palpable

(adj) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized

Pernicious

(adj) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

Satiate

(v) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess

(adj) full, satisfied

Specious

(adj) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit