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vocabulary workshop level f unit 11
the words and the sentences
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English
11th Grade
03/22/2012

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abstemious
Definition
A person who suffers from anorexia is an example of someone who is __________.
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censurable
Definition
"Bloody hell! Those channels are so __________. They should be taken off the air as soon as possible! What has the world come to, Jorge?"
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contingent
Definition
The squad of troops joined the platoon, therefore they are __________ with the platoon.
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corroborate
Definition
The findings were also ____________ by a wider content category analysis.
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denizen
Definition
Corydoras and ancistrus catfish make excellent ________ for the bottom level of the aquarium.
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discursive
Definition
His tone is often __________, distinctly american, and always deftly directed toward each poem's purposes.
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disseminate
Definition
It is expected on completion of a project that the information be effectively ____________ and transferred.
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dowdy
Definition
The marine county holiday inn seems rather _____, perhaps in comparison to the rest of the place.
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florid
Definition
______ prose style will depend on what you are looking for in your wine writing.
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foist
Definition
The washington consensus was, i think, a shallow and self-serving policy menu opportunistically _______ upon poor countries by the rich.
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gauche
Definition
Fischer was reclusive, socially ______ and a slave to chess, though his other interests included expensive suits, money and rock.
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heresy
Definition
There were false prophets or people teaching ______ in the churches.
Term
inculcate
Definition
_______________ might be given to new ways of ___________ greater respect for academic achievement that specifically address disaffected young men in schools.
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palpable
Definition
Indeed, from about April onwards there has been an almost ________ feeling in the air of profound unease.
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perceptive
Definition
How might people learn to become more __________ about what is going on in the world around them?
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pernicious
Definition
The un and the war on terrorism the un's role in the war against terrorism is equally __________.
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salient
Definition
This difference will become more _______ with the development of further tools for computer simulation, which has already begun.
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satiate
Definition
And if there is plenty of good stuff to read, why pay for additional content if you are already ________?
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sear
Definition
____ for a few minutes or until the meat starts to color.
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specious
Definition
Most of the other counter arguments i've seen dotted about are equally ________.
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