unit 11 vocab Flashcards
abstemious
moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
censurable
deserving of blame or correction
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
corroborate
to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
denizen
an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place
discursive
passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic
disseminate
to scatter or spread widely
dowdy
poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
florid
highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
foist
to impose by fraud; to pass of as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
gauche
awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
heresy
an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
inculcate
to impress on the mind by reputation, teach persistently and earnestly
palpable
capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
perceptive
have sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
pernicious
extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
salient
(adj) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward
satiate
(v) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj) full, satisfied
sear
to make or become dry and withered; to chat or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, singe
specious
deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
abstemious syns and ants
syns: temperate, sober, moderate
ants: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate
censurable syns and ants
syns: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible
ants: commendable, laudable, meritorious
contingent syns and ants
syns: (adj) conditional, dependent; (n) a detachment
ants: independent of, unconnected with, certain
corroborate syns and ants
ants: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit
denizen syns and ants
syns: dweller, habitué
ants: alien, outsider, foreigner
discursive syns and ants
syns: diffuse, wandering, episodic
ants: short and to the point, succinct
disseminate syns and ants
syns: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate
ants: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide
dowdy syns and ants
syns: frumpy, frowsy
ants: chic, elegant, fashionable
florid syns and ants
syns: flushed, ruddy, frilly, flamboyant
ants: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark
foist syns and ants
syns: pass off, palm off, fob off
gauche syns and ants
syns: inept, uncouth, maladroit
ants: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic
heresy syns and ants
syns: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy
ants: orthodoxy
inculcate syns and ants
syns: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue
ants: efface, extirpate, root out
palpable syns and ants
syns: obvious, manifest
ants: intangible, insubstantial
perceptive syns and ants
syns: insightful, discerning
ants: dense, obtuse
pernicious syns and ants
syns: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious
ants: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious
salient syns and ants
syns: striking, notable, proteus i’ve, obvious
ants: inconspicuous, recessive
satiate syns and ants
syns: surfeit, gorge
ants: deprive entirely of
specious syns and ants
syns: deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic
ants: valid, sound, solid, genuine
