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Vocabulary Level F

Vocabulary Level F. Unit 11. ABSTEMIOUS. (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline Syn : temperate, sober, moderate Ant: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate. ABSTAIN……. ABSTEM……. ABSTEMIOUS. SOUNDS LIKE ABSTAIN…….

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Vocabulary Level F

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  1. Vocabulary Level F Unit 11

  2. ABSTEMIOUS • (adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline • Syn: temperate, sober, moderate • Ant: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate ABSTAIN……. ABSTEM…….

  3. ABSTEMIOUS SOUNDS LIKE ABSTAIN……. To restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something.

  4. CENSURABLE • (adj.) deserving of blame or correction • Syn: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible • Ant: commendable, laudable, meritorious CULPABLE

  5. CENSURABLE Worthy of Censure. Censure isthe expression of formal disapproval.

  6. 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 • Syn: conditional, dependent, a detachment • Ant: independent of, unconnected with, certain

  7. CONTINGENT Good grades are contingent upon hard work!Study your vocab words. Your success on Friday’s quizis contingentupon it!

  8. CORROBORATE • (v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify • Ant: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit

  9. CORROBORATE Sounds like “copsand robbers” A police officer can be called upon in court to corroborate the testimony of a witness.

  10. DENIZEN • (n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place • Syn: resident, dweller, habitue • Ant: alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner

  11. DENIZEN Sounds like “den” During football season, Roger’s friends were denizens of his den.

  12. DISCURSIVE Cursive Handwriting • (adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic • Syn: digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic • Ant: short and to the point, succinct

  13. DISCURSIVE Sounds like “cursive” To people who didn’t learn it, cursive handwriting can seem to wander aimlessly all over the paper in a discursive manner. To people who didn’t learn it, cursive handwriting can seem to wander aimlessly all over the paper in a discursive manner.

  14. DISSEMINATE • (v.) to scatter or spread widely • Syn: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate • Ant: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide

  15. DISSEMINATE Think “Distribute”In Mean Girls, Regina disseminated copies of the burn book all over the school.

  16. DOWDY • (adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste • Syn: frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab • Ant: chic, stylish, elegant, fashionable

  17. DOWDY Sounds like Chris O’Dowd!Even when he dresses up, Chris O’Dowd can appear Dowdy!

  18. FLORID • (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy • Syn: flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant • Ant: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark

  19. FLORID Sounds like “Florida”Florida’s flowers are especially florid this time of year.

  20. FOIST • (v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion • Syn: pass off, palm off, fob off

  21. FOIST Sounds like “forced”!To “foist” something upon someone is to force him or her to use or do it!

  22. GAUCHE • (adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy • Syn: inept, uncouth, maladroit • Ant: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic

  23. GAUCHE Sounds like “ghost”!The gauche ghost was more clumsy than scary!

  24. HERESY • (n.) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred • Syn: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy • Ant: orthodoxy

  25. HERESY Looks like “here say”!One man’s opinion about how we got here is another’s idea of heresy!

  26. INCULCATE REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT • (v.) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly • Syn: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue • Ant: efface, extirpate, root out

  27. INCULCATE Teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by such instruction: “They will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture.”

  28. PALPABLE • (adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized • Syn: tangible, plain, obvious, manifest • Ant: intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal

  29. PALPABLE Like “Pulp” “The pulp was palpable.”

  30. PERCEPTIVE • (adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation • Syn: insightful, discerning, observant • Ant: dense, thick, obtuse, dim-witted What is wrong with this girl? My, aren’t your PERCEPTIVE!

  31. PERCEPTIVE Like “perception” Don’t you think he has very good perception?

  32. PERNICIOUS • (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal • Syn: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious • Ant: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious

  33. PERNICIOUS DANGEROUS! Don’t you think he could be very pernicious?

  34. SALIENT • (adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous • (n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward • Syn: striking, notable, protrusive, obvious • Ant: inconspicuous, recessive

  35. SALIENT EASILY SEEN! Waldo was quite salient in this puzzle.

  36. SATIATE • (v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess • (adj.) full, satisfied • Syn: gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge • Ant: starve, deprive entirely of

  37. SATIATE Think: “Satisfied” and “ate” On Saturday we ate so much more than we needed to be satisfied.

  38. SEAR • (v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe

  39. SEAR Think: “Sears” and “seared” It looks like Sears got seared!

  40. SPECIOUS • (adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit • Syn: deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic • Ant: valid, sound, solid, genuine

  41. SPECIOUS Think: “Species” She appeared to be good……but she wasn’t!

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