Vocabulary Level FUnit 11

ABSTEMIOUS

(adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline

Syn: temperate, sober, moderate Ant: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate

ABSTAIN…….ABSTEM…….

SOUNDS LIKE ABSTAIN…….

To restrain oneself from doing or

enjoying something.

ABSTEMIOUS

CENSURABLE

(adj.) deserving of blame or correction Syn: blameworthy, discreditable,

reprehensible Ant: commendable, laudable,

meritorious

CULPABLE

Worthy of Censure.

Censure isthe expression of

formal disapproval.

CENSURABLE

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 Syn: conditional, dependent, a detachment Ant: independent of, unconnected with, certain

Good grades are contingent upon

hard work!Study your

vocab words. Your success

on Friday’s quizis contingent

upon it!

CONTINGENT

CORROBORATE

(v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify

Ant: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit

Sounds like “copsand robbers”

A police officer can be called

upon in court tocorroborate the

testimony of a witness.

CORROBORATE

DENIZEN

(n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place Syn: resident, dweller, habitue Ant: alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner

Sounds like “den”During football season,

Roger’s friends were denizens of his den.

DENIZEN

DISCURSIVE

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

Syn: digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic

Ant: short and to the point, succinct

Cursive Handwriting

DISCURSIVE

To people who didn’t learn it, cursive handwriting can seem to wander aimlessly all over the paper in a discursive manner.

Sounds like “cursive”

To people who didn’t learn it, cursive handwriting can seem to wander aimlessly

all over the paper in a discursive manner.

DISSEMINATE

(v.) to scatter or spread widely Syn: disperse, publicize, broadcast,

circulate Ant: bring together, concentrate, muster,

conceal, hide

Think “Distribute”

In Mean Girls,Regina disseminated copies of the

burn book all over the school.

DISSEMINATE

DOWDY

(adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

Syn: frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab Ant: chic, stylish, elegant, fashionable

Sounds like Chris O’Dowd!

Even when he dresses up, Chris O’Dowd can appear Dowdy!

DOWDY

FLORID

(adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

Syn: flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant Ant: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark

Sounds like “Florida”

Florida’s flowers are especially florid

this time of year.

FLORID

FOIST

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

Syn: pass off, palm off, fob off

Sounds like “forced”!

To “foist” something upon someone is

to force him or her to use or do it!

FOIST

GAUCHE

(adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy Syn: inept, uncouth, maladroit Ant: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic

Sounds like “ghost”!

The gauche ghost was more clumsy than scary!

GAUCHE

HERESY

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

Syn: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy Ant: orthodoxy

Looks like “here say”!

One man’s opinion about how we got here

is another’s idea of heresy!

HERESY

INCULCATE

(v.) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly

Syn: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue Ant: efface, extirpate, root out

REPEATREPEATREPEAT

Teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by such instruction:

“They will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture.”

INCULCATE

PALPABLE

(adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized

Syn: tangible, plain, obvious, manifest Ant: intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal

Like “Pulp”

“The pulp was palpable.”

PALPABLE

PERCEPTIVE

(adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation

Syn: insightful, discerning, observant Ant: dense, thick, obtuse, dim-witted

What is wrong with this girl?

My, aren’t your PERCEPTIVE!

Like “perception”

Don’t you think he has very good

perception?

PERCEPTIVE

PERNICIOUS

(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal Syn: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious Ant: harmless, innocuous, salutary,

salubrious

DANGEROUS!

Don’t you think he could be very

pernicious?

PERNICIOUS

SALIENT

(adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous

(n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward

Syn: striking, notable, protrusive, obvious Ant: inconspicuous, recessive

EASILY SEEN!

Waldo was quite salient in this

puzzle.

SALIENT

SATIATE

(v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess (adj.) full, satisfied Syn: gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge Ant: starve, deprive entirely of

Think: “Satisfied” and “ate”

On Saturday we ate so much more than we needed to be

satisfied.

SATIATE

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

Think: “Sears” and “seared”

It looks like Sears got seared!

SEAR

SPECIOUS

(adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

Syn: deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic Ant: valid, sound, solid, genuine

Think: “Species”

She appeared to be good……but she wasn’t!

SPECIOUS