Vocabulary List #24: 3/23/98
apocryphal of doubtful authenticity; spurious
babbitt extreme conformist; unthinking conformer
bowdlerize to remove offensive passages from a book; expurgate; censor
comestible eatable; edible
commend to entrust for care; to recommend as very worthy
contumely haughty and contemptuous rudeness; scornful insolence
copious present in large quantities; abundant
credulous easily convinced; believing too easily
deterrent anything that discourages or prevents an action
disciple one who accepts and spreads the doctrines of another
divulge to make known; reveal
dolorous expressive of misery or grief; mournful
equine relating to or resembling horses
fluctuate to shift back and forth uncertainly
fraught well-supplied or provided; full of or accompanied by something
hovel open shed or shelter
inclement unfavorable, rough, severe, stormy
insatiable incapable of being satisfied; wanting more; greedy
insensate lacking awareness or sensation; dulled
insuperable incapable of being overcome
jabberwocky meaningless speech or writing
liege a lord or sovereign; a subject or vassal
lugubrious exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful; tearful
mendicant begging; asking for handouts
misnomer the use of a wrong name or designation
myopic deficiency of foresight or discernment
neolithic relating to the Stone Age; outmoded or outdated
ostensible apparent; seeming
usury lending of money with interest charge (usually very high)
utility something useful or for a purpose; adapted for general use

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