Unit 11 Level F Vocabulary Review

(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

• foist

• abstemious

• pernicious

• satiate

(adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline

• satiate

• gauche

• abstemious

• florid

(v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify

• disseminate

• salient

• corroborate

• heresy

(adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic

• specious

• perceptive

• discursive

• inculcate

(n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

• discursive

• satiate

• sear

• denizen

(v.) to scatter or spread widely

• dowdy

• abstemious

• palpable

• disseminate

(adj.) deserving of blame or correction

• censurable

• sear

• perceptive

• foist

(n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body

• disseminate

• palpable

• contingent

• specious

(adj.) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance;

• contingent

• pernicious

• dowdy

• corroborate

(v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion

• foist

• censurable

• gauche

• satiate