UNIT 11, Level F BUCKLEY

Unit 11 VCB, Level F First Ten Words Corroborate Denizen Discursive Dowdy Florid Gauche Palpable Perceptive Satiate Sear

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.