ELL Unit 11 Vocab Definitions

abstemious

• temperate & moderate in diet

• to teach by repetition

• causing harm

• appearing as good

accentuate

• to impose

• satisfy to the fullest

• to give emphasis or extra attention

• an opinion or doctrine

censurable

• deserving of blame

• to teach by repetition

• lacking style

• capable of being touched

contingent

• to scatter

• likely to occur but not guaranteed

• to teach by repetition

• keen understanding

corroborate

• rambling or moving

• a donkey

• to make more certain; to confirm

• to debunk, myth busted

denizen

• creepy neighbor

• to satisfy to the full

• to teach by repetition

• a person who visits a place often

discursive

• rambling on; moving from topic to topic

• capable of being touched

• to burn or char

• moderate in diet

disseminate

• to scatter or spread around

• to teach by repetition

• appearing as good

• lacking good taste

dowdy

• showing a keen sense of insight

• shabby; having no style or good taste

• causing harm or ruin

• likely to occur

florid

• lacking social grace

• very ornate, overdecorate, fancy

• to impose by fraud

• to giver emphasis