Unit 11

Question 1

Abstemious

Answer 1

Adj. moderate in diet

Question 2

Accentuate

Answer 2

V. To emphasize

Question 3

Censurable

Answer 3

Adj. deserving blame

Question 4

Contingent

Answer 4

N. A representative group within a larger one

Question 5

Corroborate

Answer 5

V. To confirm

Question 6

Denizen

Answer 6

N. A resident

Question 7

Discursive

Answer 7

Adj. rambling

Question 8

Disseminate

Answer 8

V. To scatter

Question 9

Dowdy

Answer 9

Adj. lacking good taste

Question 10

Florid

Answer 10

Adj. overdecorated

Question 11

Foist

Answer 11

V. To impose by fraud

Question 12

Gauche

Answer 12

Adj. lacking in social skills

Question 13

Heresy

Answer 13

N. Opinion different from what us accepted

Question 14

Inculcate

Answer 14

V. To teach by repetition

Question 15

Palpable

Answer 15

Adj. tangible

Question 16

Perceptive

Answer 16

Adj. having insight

Question 17

Pernicious

Answer 17

Adj. deadly

Question 18

Quail

Answer 18

V. To retreat in fear

Question 19

Salient

Answer 19

N. Protruding part of a battle line

Question 20

Satiate

Answer 20

V. To satisfy

Question 21

Sear

Answer 21

V. To burn

Question 22

Specious

Answer 22

Adj. looks good but isn’t