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Vocabulary Unit 11

Vocabulary Unit 11. Level F – American Literature 112. abstemious. (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating or drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline. censurable. (adj.) deserving of blame or correction. contingent.

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Vocabulary Unit 11

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 11 Level F – American Literature 112

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

  3. censurable • (adj.) deserving of blame or correction

  4. contingent • (adj.) likely but not certain to happen, possible; happening by chance (ex: our party was contingent upon parental approval) • (n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body (below – a peacekeeping contingent)

  5. corroborate • (v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate

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

  7. discursive • (adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic • Example: A verbal account can be considered discursive when it wanders in the description

  8. disseminate • (v.) to scatter or spread widely

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

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

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

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

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

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

  15. palpable • (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized • Ex: rolling in the snow might express palpable joy for the horse

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

  17. pernicious • (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

  18. salient • (adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out

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

  20. sear • (v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of • Remarks can be searing as well (scorching)

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

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