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Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 11

Question: abstemious

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

Synonyms: temperate, sober, moderate

Antonyms: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate

Question: censurable

Answer: (adj.) deserving of blame or correction

Synonyms: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible

Antonyms: commendable, laudable, meritorious

Question: contingent

Answer: (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

Synonyms: conditional, dependent, a detachment

Antonyms: commendable, laudable, meritorious

Question: corroborate

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

Antonyms: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit

Question: denizen

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

Synonyms: dweller, habitue

Antonyms: alien, outsider, foreigner

Question: discursive

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

Synonyms: digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic

Antonyms: short and to the point, succinct

Question: disseminate

Answer: (v.) to scatter or spread widely

Synonyms: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate

Antonyms: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide

Question: dowdy

Answer: (adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

Synonyms: frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab

Antonyms: chic, elegant, fashionable

Question: florid

Answer: (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

Synonyms: flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant

Antonyms: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere

Question: foist

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

Synonyms: pass off, palm off, fob off