Vocabulary Workshop level F Unit 11

Abstemious

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

Censurable

adj. deserving blame or correction

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

corroborate

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

denizen

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

discursive

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

disseminate

v. to scatter or spread widely

dowdy

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

florid

adj. highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

foist

v. to impress 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

heresy

n. an opinion, different from accepted believe; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

inculcate

v. to impress on the mind of repetition, teach persistently and earnestly

palpable

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

perceptive

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

pernicious

adj. extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

salient

adj. leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspciuous; n. a projection of bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward

satiate

v. to satisfy completely; to fill excess; adj. full satisfied

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