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vocab unit 11

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  • definition of specious
    deceptive, apparently god or valid but lacking real merit
  • definition of sear
    to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, single
  • synonyms of specious
    s: deceptively, plausible, sophistic, casuistic
  • part of pseech of salient
    adjective, noun
  • part of speech of satiate
    verb, adjective
  • antonyms of perceptive
    dense, obtuse
  • definition of salient
    (adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standingout, conspicuous; (n.) a projection or bulge, a landform thatprojects upward or outward
  • definition of satiate
    (v.) to satisfy completely, to fill to excess; (adj.) full, satisfied
  • antonyms of specious
    valid, sound, solid, genuine
  • definition of pernicious
    extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
  • antonyms of pernicious
    harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious
  • synonyms of pernicious
    injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious
  • definition of perceptive
    having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
  • part of speech of perceptive
    adjective
  • synonyms of salient
    striking, notable, protrusive, obvious
  • part of speech of pernicious
    adjective
  • antonyms of satiate
    (v.) deprive entirely of
  • antonyms of salient
    inconspicuous, recessive
  • synonyms of satiate
    (v.) surfeit, gorge
  • part of speech of sear
    verb
  • synonyms of perceptive
    insightful, discerning
  • part of speech of specious
    adjective