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Borris Vocab Ch. 11
Words and Definitions
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10th Grade
06/08/2010
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abstemious
 Definition
moderate, sparing
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censurable
 Definition
deserving of blame or correction
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contingent
 Definition
likely but not certain to happen
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corroborate
 Definition
to confirm, make more certain
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denizen
 Definition
an inhabitant, resident
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discursive
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rambling, nomadic, without course
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disseminate
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to scatter or spread
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dowdy
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poorly dressed, shabby
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florid
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highly colored, excessively ornate
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foist
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to impose by fraud
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gauche
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awkward, tactless
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heresy
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an opinion different from accepted belief
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inculcate
 Definition
to impress on the mind through repition
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palpable
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capable of being touched or felt
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perceptive
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having sympathetic insight
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pernicious
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extremely harmful, deadly
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salient
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leaping, jumping
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satiate
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to satisfy completely
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sear
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to char or scortch
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specious
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deceptive
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