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- Abstemious
- (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking), characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
- Censurable
- (adj.) deserving of blame or correction
- Contingent
- (adj.) likely but not certain to happen, possible
- Corroborate
- (v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, 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
- Disseminate
- (v.) to scatter or spread widely
- Dowdy
- (adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
- Florid
- (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
- Foist
- (v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
- Gauche
- (adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
- Heresy
- (n.)an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
- Inculcate
- (v.) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
- Palpable
- (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
- Perceptive
- (adj.) having sympatheric insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
- Pernicious
- (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
- Salient
- (adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward
- Satiate
- (v.) to satisy completely; to fill to excess; (adj.) full, satisfied
- Sear
- (v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to patch, dessicate, singe
- Specious
- (adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
- abstemious
- temperate, sober, moderate
- censurable
- blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible
- contingent
- conditional, dependent, a detachment
- corroborate
- to confirm, to make more certain
- denizen
- resident, dweller, habitue
- discursive
- digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic
- disseminate
- disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate
- dowdy
- frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab
- florid
- flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant
- foist
- pass off, palm off, fob off
- gauche
- inept, uncouth, maladroit
- heresy
- unorthodox belief, heterodoxy
- inculcate
- instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue
- palpable
- tangible, plain, obvious, manifest
- perceptive
- Insightful, discerning, observant
- pernicious
- injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious
- salient
- striking, notable, protrusive, obvious
- satiate
- gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge
- sear
- to make or become dry and withered; to scorch
- specious
- deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic
- abstemious
- ANT: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate
- censurable
- ANT: commendable, laudable, meritorious
- contingent
- ANT: independent of, unconnected with, certain
- corroborate
- ANT: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit
- denizen
- ANT: alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner
- discursive
- ANT: short and to the point, succinct
- disseminate
- ANT: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide
- dowdy
- ANT: chic, stylish, elegant, fashionable
- florid
- ANT: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark
- gauche
- ANT: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic
- heresy
- ANT: orthodoxy
- inculcate
- ANT: efface, extirpate, root out
- palpable
- ANT: intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal
- perceptive
- ANT: dense, thick, obtuse, dim-witted
- pernicious
- ANT: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious
- salient
- ANT: inconspicuous, recessive
- satiate
- ANT: starve, deprive entirely of
- specious
- ANT: valid, sound, solid, genuine
- Abstemious
- (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking), characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
- Censurable
- (adj.) deserving of blame or correction
- 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
- Corroborate
- (v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, 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
- Disseminate
- (v.) to scatter or spread widely
- Dowdy
- (adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
- Florid
- (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
- Foist
- (v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
- Gauche
- (adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
- Heresy
- (n.)an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
- Inculcate
- (v.) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
- Palpable
- (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
- Perceptive
- (adj.) having sympatheric insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
- Pernicious
- (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
- Salient
- (adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous;
- Satiate
- (v.) to satisy completely; to fill to excess; (adj.) full, satisfied
- Sear
- (v.) to make or become dry and withered
- Specious
- (adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
- Contingent
- (adj.) dependent on uncertain events or conditions
- Contingent
- (adj.) happening by chance
- Contingent
- (n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body
- Sear
- (v.) to char or scorch the surface of
- sear
- (v.) to harden or make unfeeling
- sear
- (v.) to patch, dessicate, singe
- Salient
- (n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward