Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 11

abstemious

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

(ant: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate)

censurable adj

deserving of blame or correction ----- syn. blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible

(ant: commendable, laudable, meritorious)

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

(ant: independent of, unconnected with, certain)

corroborate

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

(ant: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit)

denizen

(n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

(ant: alien, outsider, foreigner)

discursive

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

(ant: short and to the point, succinct)

disseminate

(v.) to scatter or spread widely

(ant: to scatter or spread widely)

dowdy

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

(ant: chic, elegant, fashionable)

florid

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

(ant: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark)

foist

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

gauche

(adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy

(ant: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic)

heresy

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

(ant: orthodoxy)

inculcate

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

(ant: efface, extirpate, root out)

palpable

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

(ant: intangible, insubstantial)

perceptive

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

(ant: dense, obtuse)

pernicious

(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

(ant: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious)

salient

(adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward (ant: inconspicuous, recessive)

satiate

(v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj.) full, satisfied

(ant: deprive entirely of)

sear

(v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, singe

specious

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

(ant: valid, sound, solid, genuine)