Vocab unit 11
A parent is most likely to foist which of the following on his children?
chores
United Nations officials there corroborated the attack in a report on Friday to the Security Council. In this sentence, corroborated means
confirmed
The article's greatest failing is that it does not include every salient point from Polish history, and a book-length analysis of all features of the country's contemporary political, economic and social development. In this sentence, salient means
conspicuous, prominent, or important
sear means to
singe/scorch
disseminate means to
spread/distribute
specious means
spurious/deceptive
abstemious means
temperate
In addition to its unique discursive style, the genre also has other recognizable attributes. In this sentence, discursive means
tending to cover a wide range of subjects
gauche means
inelegant/unpolished
foist means to
insert surreptitiously or without warrant
Something deeper, more pernicious was at work here: a wide division between the wealthy and the poor that was made worse by fear. In this sentence, pernicious means
insidious
At the California Labor School a forceful and perceptive teacher quickly and unceremoniously separated me from melodrama. In this sentence, perceptive means
insightful
inculcate means to
instill/impress
dowdy means
lacking in stylishness or taste
discursive means
logical/rambling
Yet she was an abstemious woman as a rule. In this sentence, abstemious means
marked by temperance in indulgence
denizen means
a person who inhabits a particular place
Which of the following is best described as contingent?
a planned picnic that depends upon the weather
Her tumor was an inch in size when it finally became palpable, Ms. Cappello said in an interview. In this sentence, palpable means
able to be feltby tactile examination
With such boldly expressed heresy, it's perhaps not surprising that Life and Fate caused a stir upon its completion in 1960.The manuscript was confiscated by the KGB and party ideologist Mikhail Suslov recommended banning it for 200 years. In this sentence, heresy means
any opinion at variance with the official position
corroborate means to
establish or stregthen as woth new evidence or facts
sear means to
become superficially burned
palpable means
capable of being percieved
The opposite of corroborate is
deny
In an interview, Professor Somin said the prison's action was reminiscent of a media frenzy in the 1980s surrounding the supposedly pernicious effects of gaming. In this sentence, pernicious means
detrimental
pernicious means
detrimental
denizen means
dweller
Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents. In this sentence, pernicious means
exceedingly harmful
florid means
fancy/elaborate/flamboyant/ornate/ ruddy
The tables of inlaid gems and mosaic, the walls encrusted with relievos, the curious floors, the drapery—all satiate the eye with sumptuousness. In this sentence, satiate means to
fill
dowdy means
frumpy
The opposite of specious is
genuine
corroborate means to
give evidence for
Lytton was the lowest human being he had ever known, degenerated to an organism that lived solely to satiate its most unworthy appetites. In this sentence, satiate means to
glut
The phenomenon of being "big in Japan" dates back to when Japanese record-buyers were condescendingly regarded as kooky and gauche, prone to aiming their affection for western culture at the wrong targets. In this sentence, gauche means
graceless
Acute — some might say neurotic — self-consciousness is one of modern art's salient features. In this sentence, salient means
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
perceptive means
having the ability to understand
salient means
outstanding
Enjoy the view indoors, too, as this trendy, glass-and-steel bar is one of the top places to see, and be seen, by both jet-setters and Istanbul's most glamorous denizens. In this sentence, denizens means
people who inhabit a particular place
palpable means
perceptible
contingent means
possible but not certain to occur/ delegation
In division, you start by summarizing the salient points of agreement, then set out the points that are at issue. In this sentence, salient means
principal
discursive means
proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument
satiate means to
replete/ overeat or eat immodestly
They attacked Mr. Obama, saying that he had tried to foist a big-spending government on an unreceptive public, that he was weak in his dealings with foreign leaders, and that he was coddling terrorism suspects. In this sentence, foist means to
to force onto another
heresy means
unorthodoxy