1. Group 11
Marks
Spring 2015

2. Abstemious (adj.)
Moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
I think I will have half now and half tomorrow after dinner..

3. Censurable (adj.)
Deserving of blame or correction

4. 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

5. Corroborate (v.)
To confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify

6. Denizen (n.)
An inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

7. Discursive (adj.)
Passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic

8. Disseminate (v.)
To scatter or spread widely

9. Dowdy (adj.)
Poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

10. Florid (adj.)
Highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

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

12. Gauche (adj.)
Awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

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

14. Inculcate (v.)
To impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly

15. Palpable (adj.)
Capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard or recognized

16. Perceptive (adj.)
Having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation

17. Pernicious (adj.)
Extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

18. Salient (adj.)
Leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n.) a projection or bulge , a land form that projects upward or outward

19. Satiate (v.)
To satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj.) full, satisfied

20. Sear (v.)
To make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe

21. Specious (adj.)
Deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

22. Resolute (adj, n)
Adjective
Noun
Firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion.
Characterized by firmness and determination, as the temper, spirit, actions

23. Respite (n, v, adj)
Noun
Adjective
Verb
A delay or cessation for a time, an interval of relief:.
Pause from exertion
To relieve temporarily, grant delay in the carrying out a punishment

24. Reticent (adj)
Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved, reluctant or restrained

25. Revere (v , n) To regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate
Verb
Noun
To regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate
Respect, honor, worship

26. Servile (adj)
; obedient, submissive of or suitable for a slave or relating to a state of slavery