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Vocab 11
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9th Grade
04/02/2014

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Abstemious
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moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
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Accentuate
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to emphasize, place stress on
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Censurable
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deserving of blame or correction
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Contingent
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likely by not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance
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Corroborate
Definition
confirm, make more certain
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Denizen
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an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place
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Discursive
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passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving nomadic
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Disseminate
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to scatter widely
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Dowdy
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poorly dressed, shabby, lacking smartness and good taste
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Florid
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highly colored, reddish, excessively ornate, over-decorated, showy
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Foist
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to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring in by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
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Gauche
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award, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
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Heresy
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an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
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Inculcate
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to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
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Palpable
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capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
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Perceptive
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having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
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Pernicious
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extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
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Quail
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to shrink back in fear, lose heart in a difficult or dangerous situation
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Salient
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leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous
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Satiate
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to satisfy completely; to fill to excess

full or satisfied
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Sear
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to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling
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Specious
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deceptive, apparently good or valid by lacking real merit
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