Sadlier Vocab Level F Unit 11

abstemious

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

SYNONYMS: temperate, sober, moderate

ANTONYMS: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate

censurable

(adj.) deserving of blame or correction

SYNONYMS: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible

ANTONYMS: 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

SYNONYMS: (adj.) conditional, dependent; (n.) a detachment

ANTONYMS: (adj.) independent of, unconnected with, certain

corroborate

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

ANTONYMS: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit

denizen

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

SYNONYMS: dweller, habitué

ANTONYMS: alien, outsider, foreigner

discursive

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

SYNONYMS: diffuse, wandering, episodic

ANTONYMS: short and to the point, succinct

disseminate

(v.) to scatter or spread widely

SYNONYMS: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate

ANTONYMS: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide

dowdy

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

SYNONYMS: frumpy, frowsy

ANTONYMS: chic, elegant, fashionable

florid

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

SYNONYMS: flushed, ruddy, frilly, flamboyant

ANTONYMS: 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

SYNONYMS: pass off, palm off, fob off

gauche

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

SYNONYMS: inept, uncouth, maladroit

ANTONYMS: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic

heresy

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

SYNONYMS: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy

ANTONYM: orthodoxy

inculcate

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

SYNONYMS: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue

ANTONYMS: efface, extirpate, root out

palpable

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

SYNONYMS: obvious, manifest

ANTONYMS: intangible, insubstantial

perceptive

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

SYNONYMS: insightful, discerning

ANTONYMS: dense, obtuse

pernicious

(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

SYNONYMS: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious

ANTONYMS: 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

SYNONYMS: (adj.) striking, notable, protrusive, obvious

ANTONYMS: (adj.) inconspicuous, recessive

satiate

(v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess

(adj.) full, satisfied

SYNONYMS: (v.) surfeit, gorge

ANTONYM: (v.) 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

SYNONYMS: deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic

ANTONYMS: valid, sound, solid, genuine