Vocabulary Quiz Practice Unit 11

What does the word "abstemious" mean?

• Deserving of blame or correction

• Capable of being touched or felt

• Moderate, sparing in eating and drinking

• Awkward, lacking in social graces

What is the meaning of "censurable"?

• Highly colored, reddish

• Deserving of blame or correction

• An inhabitant, resident

• To scatter or spread widely

The term "contingent" could refer to something that is:

• Likely but not certain to happen

• To confirm or verify

• An opinion different from accepted belief

• Poorly dressed, shabby

What does "corroborate" mean?

• To impose by fraud

• To scatter or spread widely

• To confirm, make more certain

• Awkward, lacking in social graces

Define "denizen."

• An inhabitant, resident

• Capable of being touched or felt

• Extremely harmful, deadly

• Passing aimlessly from one place to another

What does "discursive" mean?

• To impress on the mind by repetition

• Passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another

• Highly colored, reddish

• Deserving of blame or correction

The word "disseminate" means:

• To scatter or spread widely

• To impose by fraud

• Awkward, lacking in social graces

• An opinion different from accepted belief

What is the meaning of "dowdy"?

• Poorly dressed, shabby

• Capable of being touched or felt

• To confirm, make more certain

• Extremely harmful, deadly

Define "florid."

• Deserving of blame or correction

• Highly colored, reddish

• An inhabitant, resident

• To impose by fraud

What does "foist" mean?

• To scatter or spread widely

• To impose by fraud

• Awkward, lacking in social graces

• To impress on the mind by repetition