Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 11
Word List
- abstemious
(adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline - gauche
(adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy - censurable
(adj.) deserving of blame or correction - heresy
(n.) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred - 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 - inculcate
(v.) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly - corroborate
(v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify - palpable
(adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized - denizen
(n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place - perceptive
(adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation - discursive
(adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic - pernicious
(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal - disseminate
(v.) to scatter or spread widely - salient
(adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward - dowdy
(adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste - satiate
(v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj.) full, satisfied - florid
(adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy - sear
(v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, singe - foist
(v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion - specious
(adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit