Level F Unit 11

1. Level F Unit 11 Your Task: Look to the word SEAR. Find one of Unit 11’s words, and write it on the lines beside the slide. Find and circle effect/affect (there are two) Complete the RPS for this unit Find a sentence with an inadequate context clue. Insert a contrast signal and antonym clue. There is one bolded sentence in both “palpable” and “satiate”. Rewrite these with context clues.

2. Abstemious*** • She came from a long line of quiet, thrifty, and ______ farming folk. • Her good health in old age is due in large part to the _____ habits of her younger years. • She was so _____ that she extended her self-control even to her beloved books, and read them no more than an hour each day. **** abstemious is a Shakespearean neologism

3. censurable • Because he was unaware of what he had done, we decided that his behavior was not ______. • I don’t like to criticize your behavior, but I feel obliged to tell you that your discourtesy to that confused tourist was highly _____. • No doubt his efforts to advance his own interests were _____, but let’s try to keep a sense of proportion and not condemn him too much.

4. contingent • _____ on our parents’ approval, we plan to take a trip through Alaska next summer. • Since we wished our group to have some say in the town council’s final decision, we sent a small ____ of our most articulate and convincing speakers to the hearings. • As the Scottish poet Robert Burns aptly suggests, even the best laid plans are often entirely ______ on events over which we have no control.

5. corroborate • He could tell the court where I was and for how long, but he still needed a witness to _____ his statements. • Unless you can produce witnesses to _____ your claim that you were stopped at the red light, the mere assertion will have little to no effect/affect on the jury. • All the available evidence _____ my theory that the theft was planned by someone familiar with the layout of the house.

6. denizen • A lover of marine life, she knew all the names of the scaly _____ of our lakes. • The old fellow did indeed look like a typical ____ of the racetrack, as described in Damon Runyon’s famous stories. • The most tragic aspect of a forest fire is its destructive effects/affects on the innumerable plant and animal _____ of that environment.

7. discursive • Within the ____ account of his life, there was a fairly complete history of the whole village • His talk on world affairs was so disorganized and _____ that it left us more confused than ever. • Although the essays are highly _____ covering a wide range of topics, they are written with such clarity and grace that they are easy to follow.

8. disseminate • I decided that it was a bad idea to use my position in order to _____ my personal views. • The purpose of this program is to _____ throughout the community information about job-training opportunities for young people. • Although the Declaration of Independence was framed only to justify a revolution in the British colonies in North America, its ideas and ideals have been ______ throughout the world.

9. dowdy • The actor wore ____ clothing and sunglasses so that no one would recognize him. • Though this may not be the smartest-looking blouse I’ve worn, I thought to myself, it certainly doesn’t make me look _____. • Some English queens were strikingly elegant and imposing figures; others were somewhat ____ and unprepossessing.

10. florid • The ____ style of architecture in the old part of town as a welcome change from the grim, newer blocks we had seen. • Among all those pale and sallow people, her highly ____ complexion stood out like a beacon. • Her ____ writing style, abounding in adjectives and fancy metaphors, is far from suitable for factual newspaper stories.

11. foist • During the 19th century, the unscrupulous Jay Gould ____ thousands of worthless railroad shares on the unsuspecting public. • No honest mechanic will try to ____ inferior replacement parts on his customers. • Let’s not allow them to ____ on us ideas and programs that have been proved failures in other countries!

12. gauche • Though he was sincere when he thanked his guest for having stayed an extra week, his comment was considered _____. • It is hard to believe that people coming from such a refined social milieu could be so ____ and boorish in their behavior. • He thought he was being witty and charming, but I regard his conduct at the party as altogether ______.

13. heresy • Saving money to accumulate interest seems to be a _____ in these days of instant credit. • When I referred to her favorite singer as an “untalented, overpaid, and conceited lout” she looked at me in shock, as though I had been guilty of _______. • The study of history teaches us that many ideas regarded as ___ by one generation are accepted as sound and orthodox by the next.

14. inculcate • It is important to ____ a healthy respect for authority into army recruits. • Psychologists tell us that the years of early childhood are the best time to _____ basic concepts of right and wrong. • Before we set out to ______ certain principles in our young people, let’s be very sure that these principles are truly desirable for them and their society.

15. palpable • The excitement in the room was almost ___. • The stubborn refusal to give me a chance to compete for the scholarship on the same basis as everyone else is a(n) ____ injustice to the whole idea of fair play. • Modern nutritionists emphasize that there is a _____ difference between “eating to live” and “living to eat”.

16. perceptive • His _____ eye went at once through the roomful of noisy children to the child who was most ill at ease. • Eudora Welty is considered one of the most ____ and insightful American writers of her time. • Children are often remarkably _____ in understanding how adults feel about them.

17. pernicious • Night air was once thought to have a ____ effect on infants who were in poor health. • Is there any need for me to describe at length the ____ effects of smoking? • The more we studied the drug problem, the more we became aware of its _____ influence on the American people today.

18. salient • I think the most _____ feature of the new plan is its similarity to the old plan. • A(n) _____ characteristic of every great athlete is the ability to perform at maximum efficiency while under extreme pressure. • Out of all the endless flow of dull verbiage in that long lecture, we could recognize only two or three ______ points.

19. satiate • Nothing will _____ my hunger. (Oh, come on, Jerome. You can do better than that!!!) • After the long summer vacation, I was ____ with loafing and eager to return to school. • Though I rather like the better TV game shows, I find that after a certain point, I’m ____ and ready for more substantial fare.

20. sear • We wanted to serve grilled vegetables, but I ____ them, and they tasted like leather. • If you with to seal in the juices and bring out the flavor of your pot roast, ____ it briefly in a hot pan before you put it in the oven. • In a series of ____ attacks now known as the Philippics, Cicero launched his entire battery of political invective against the hapless Marc Anthony.

21. specious • Though her resume looked very impressive, her claims of vast experience in the field were _____. • If I had the time, I could point out many flaws in the _____ arguments you find so impressive. • We are most likely to fall victim to _____ reasoning when we have an emotional desire to believe what we are being told.