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Book F Unit 11

Book F Unit 11. Synonyms: temperate, sober, moderate Antonyms: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate. 1. Abstemious: (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self discipline. Synonyms: blameworthy, discreditable reprehensible

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Book F Unit 11

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  1. Book F Unit 11

  2. Synonyms: temperate, sober, moderate Antonyms:indulgent, immoderate, intemperate 1. Abstemious: (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self discipline

  3. Synonyms: blameworthy, discreditable reprehensible Antonyms: commendable, laudable, meritorious 2. Censurable: (adj.) deserving of blame or correction

  4. Synonyms:(adj.) conditional, dependent;(n.) a detachment Antonyms:(adj.) independent of, unconnected with, certain 3. 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 large body

  5. Antonyms: (adj.) refute, contradict, undermine, discredit 4. Corroborate:(v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify

  6. Synonyms: resident, dweller, habitué Antonyms: alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner 5. Denizen:(n.)5. Denizen: (n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

  7. Synonyms: digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic Antonyms: short and to the point, succinct 5. Denizen:(n.)6. Discursive:(adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic

  8. Synonyms: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate Antonyms: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide 5. Denizen:(n.)7. Disseminate:(v.) to scatter or spread widely

  9. Synonyms: frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab Antonyms: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark 5. Denizen:(n.)8. Dowdy:(adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

  10. Synonyms: flushed, ruddy, flowery, filly, flamboyant Antonyms: pale, ashen, pallid, shallow, austere, stark 5. Denizen:(n.)9. Florid: (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

  11. Synonyms: pass off, palm off, fob off 5. Denizen:(n.)10. foist: (v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion

  12. Vocab Test Procedures Before test: Hand in extra credit flash cards and sentences to late box. No Talking, no phones, no looking around When you are done: Turn in to my desk Start on the next set of 10 words When everyone is done, we will go over the new words together with the PowerPoint (Write flash cards or extra credit sentences as we go through PowerPoint)

  13. 11. Gauche: (adj) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy Synonyms: inept, uncouth, maladroit Antonyms: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic

  14. 12. Heresy: (n) an opinion differing from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred Synonyms: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy Antonyms: orthodoxy

  15. 13. Inculcate: (v) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly READING COUNTS! Synonyms: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue Antonyms: efface, extirpate, root out

  16. 14. Palpable: (adj) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized Synonyms: tangible, plain, obvious, manifest Antonyms: intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal

  17. 15. Perceptive: (adj) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation Synonyms: insightful, discerning, observant Antonyms: dense, thick, obtuse, dim-witted

  18. 16. Pernicious: (adj) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal Synonyms: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious Antonyms: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious

  19. 17. 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

  20. 18. Satiate: (v) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj) full, satisfied Synonyms: (v) gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge Antonyms: (v) starve, deprive entirely of

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

  22. 20. Specious: (adj) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit Synonyms: deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic Antonyms: valid, sound, solid, genuine

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