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Lesson 11

Lesson 11. Abstemious. (agj.) Moderate, Sparing, as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline. Abstemious. When food supplies are short, we need to be abstemious to ensure our survival. Abstemious: Synonyms. Frugal Sparing Austere Restrained Moderate.

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Lesson 11

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  1. Lesson 11

  2. Abstemious (agj.) Moderate, Sparing, as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline.

  3. Abstemious • When food supplies are short, we need to be abstemious to ensure our survival.

  4. Abstemious: Synonyms • Frugal • Sparing • Austere • Restrained • Moderate

  5. Abstemious: Antonyms • Gluttonous • Greedy • Hungry • Wasteful

  6. Accentuate (v.) To emphasize, place stress on.

  7. Accentuate • People with different accents than ours, often accentuate different letters in their speech.

  8. Accentuate: Synonyms • Accent • Feature • Highlight • Stress • Emphasize

  9. Accentuate: Antonyms • Mask • Divert attention from • Dull • Hide • Minimize

  10. Censurable (agj.) Deserving of blame or correction.

  11. Censurable • The criminals actions labeled him as a censurable man.

  12. Censurable: Synonyms • Blamable • Culpable • Guilty • Reprehensible • Wrong

  13. Censurable: Antonyms • Innocent • Guiltless • Clean handed

  14. 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.

  15. Contingent • The squadron of marines was only a contingent of the large group they represent.

  16. Contingent: Synonyms • Likely • Possible • Chance • Casual • Subject to

  17. Contingent: Antonyms • Impossible • Certain • Definite • Real • Unconditional

  18. Corroborate (v.) To confirm, make more certain.

  19. Corroborate • The suspects wife corroborated his alibi.

  20. Corroborate: Synonyms • Verify • Justify • Attest • Authenticate • Validate

  21. Corroborate: Antonyms • Verify • Justify • Attest • Authenticate • Validate

  22. Denizen (n.) An inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place.

  23. Denizen • The homeless man was a denizen of the subway trains.

  24. Denizen: Synonyms • Citizen • Dweller • Inhabitant • Native • Resident

  25. Denizen: Antonyms • Alien • Foreigner • Immigrant • Non-Resident

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

  27. Discursive • The mentally ill patients speech was very discursive, and hard to follow.

  28. Discursive: Synonyms • Rambling • Roving • Verbose • Deviating • Erratic

  29. Discursive: Antonyms • Direct • To the point

  30. Disseminate (v.) To scatter widely

  31. Disseminate • Rubber bullets and tear gas are often used to disseminate riots.

  32. Disseminate: Synonyms • Diffuse • Disperse • Distribute • Radiate • Scatter

  33. Disseminate: Antonyms • Concentrate • Bring together • Collect • Gather

  34. Dowdy (adj.) Poorly dressed, shabby, lacking smartness and good taste.

  35. Dowdy • The poor orphan girl wore very dowdy clothes during her time at the shelter.

  36. Dowdy: Synonyms • Archaic • Messy • Out-Of-Date • Old • Dingy

  37. Dowdy: Antonyms • Chic • Classy • Fashionable • Modern • Neat • Clean

  38. Florid (adj.) Highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, over decorated, showy.

  39. Florid • The millionaires house was excessively florid, filled with many expensive artifacts and decorations from all over the world.

  40. Florid: Synonyms • Rosy • Glowing • Flush • Flamboyant • Blooming

  41. Florid: Antonyms • Inelaborate • Natural • Plain • Undecorated • Unornate

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

  43. Foist • Oftentimes shady salesmen make their sales by employing techniques of foist.

  44. Foist: Synonyms • Cheat • Deceive • Dupe • Infiltrate • Edge

  45. Foist: Antonyms • Treat Fairly • Truth • Unbias

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

  47. Gauche • The woman’s gauche remarks caused people to often give her strange looks.

  48. Gauche: Synonyms • Clumsy • Awkward • Tactless • Crude • Brash • Indelicate • Graceless

  49. Gauche: Antonyms • Elegant • Graceful • Polished • Refined • Sophisticated • Tasteful • Tactful

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

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