UNIT 11, Level F

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Unit 11 VCB, Level FFirst Ten Words

CorroborateDenizenDiscursiveDowdyFloridGauchePalpablePerceptiveSatiateSear

MODERATE, SPARING (AS IN EATING AND DRINKING); CHARACTERIZED BY ABSTINENCE

AND SELF-DISCIPLINE

Abstemious (adj.)

Synonyms: temperate, sober

As an avid sportsman, I like

to eat abstemious foods such as

salads and shakes.

DESERVING OF BLAME OR CORRECTION

Censurable (adj.)

Synonyms: blameworthy, discreditable

Because he was unaware of what he had done, we decided that his behavior was not censurable.

•LIKELY BUT NOT CERTAIN TO HAPPEN, POSSIBLE; DEPENDENT ON UNCERTAIN EVENTS OR CONDITIONS; HAPPENING BY CHANCE•A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP FORMING PART OF A LARGER BODY

Contingent

Synonyms: (adj.) conditional, (n.) detatchment

The meeting was delayed due to the

late arrival of the Obama’s

contingent.

TO CONFIRM, MAKE MORE CERTAIN, BOLSTER,

SUBSTANTIATE, VERIFY

Corroborate (V.)

Synonyms: (adj.) refute, contradict

The bill was then passed to President Obama, whom needed to corroborate its terms.

AN INHABITANT, RESIDENT; ONE WHO FREQUENTS A PLACE

Denizen (n.)

Synonyms: dweller, habitué

As a world citizen, I am a denizen of the

United States.

PASSING AIMLESSLY FROM ONE PLACE OR SUBJECT TO ANOTHER,

RAMBLING, ROVING, NOMADIC

Discursive (adj.)

Synonyms: diffuse, wandering

A discursive person was he, as he just moved from Virginia to Iowa to New York.

TO SCATTER OR SPREAD WIDELY

Disseminate (v.)

Synonyms: disperse, publicize

The trees disseminate

across the vast African plains.

POORLY DRESSED, SHABBY; LACKING SMARTNESS AND GOOD

TASTE

Dowdy (adj.)

Synonyms: frumpy, frowsy

The dowdy attire of the man attracted the bystanders, whom than offered to give him money and canned goods.

HIGHLY COLORED, REDDISH; EXCESSIVELY ORNATE, SHOWY

Florid (adj.)

Synonyms: flushed, ruddy

The florid border attracted the audience with its colors.

TO IMPOSE BY FRAUD; TO PASS OFF AS WORTHY OR GENUINE; TO BRING

ABOUT THE STEALTH, DISHONESTY, OR COERCION

Foist (v.)

Synonyms: pass off, palm off

During the nineteenth century the

unscrupulous Jay Gould foisted thousands of

worthless railroad shares on an

unsuspected public.

AWKWARD, LACKING IN SOCIAL GRACES, TACTLESS, CLUMSY

Gauche (adj.)

Synonyms: inept, maladroit

Though he was sincere when he thanked his guest for having stayed an extra week, his comment was considered gauche.

AN OPINION DIFFERENT FROM ACCEPTED BELIEF; THE DENIAL OF AN

IDEA THAT IS GENERALLY HELD SACRED

Heresy (n.)

Synonyms: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy

Saving money to accumulate

interest seems to be a form of

heresy in these days of instant

credit

TO IMPRESS ON THE MIND BY REPETITION, TEACH

PERSISTENTLY AND EARNESTLY

Inculcate (v.)

Synonyms: instill, implant

The man defied the officers causing them to inculcate the man the rules of their prison.

CAPABLE OF BEING TOUCHED OR FELT; EASILY SEEN, HEARD, OR

RECOGNIZED

Palpable (adj.)

Synonyms: obvious, manifest

The puppies were almost palpable from outside of

the pet shop.

HAVING SYMPATHETIC INSIGHT OR UNDERSTANDING, CAPABLE OF

KEEN APPRECIATION

Perceptive (adj.)

Synonyms: insightful, discerning

His perceptive eye took in the roomful of noisy children and settled on the one child who was ill at ease.

EXTREMELY HARMFUL; DEADLY, FATAL

Pernicious (adj.)

Synonyms: injurious, deleterious

Night air was once thought to

have a pernicious effects on infants who were in poor

health.

LEAPING, JUMPING, OR SPRINGING FORTH; PROMINENT, STANDING OUT, CONSPICUOUS

A PROJECTION OR BULGE, A LAND FROM THAT PROJECTS UPWARD OR OUTWARD

Salient (adj.)/(n.)

Synonyms: (adj.) striking, notable

“What a magnificent salient” from one of Italy’s finest jumpers.

•TO SATISFY COMPLETELY; TO FILL TO EXCESS

•FULL, SATISFIED

Satiate (v.)/(adj.)

Synonyms: (v.) gorge, surfeit

The satiate brown bear had a good

sleep after raiding the

honey-laden beehives.

TO MAKE OR BECOME DRY AND WITHERED; TO CHAR OR SCORCH THE SURFACE OF; TO

HARDEN OR MAKE UNFEELING; TO PARCH, SINGLE

Sear (v.)

Synonyms: parched, dried

The sun seared the farmer’s plain, causing him to move.

DECEPTIVE, APPARENTLY GOOD OR VALID BUT LACKING REAL MERIT

Specious (adj.)

Synonyms: deceptively plausible, sophistic

Though her resume looked

very impressive, her claims of vast experience in the

field were specious.