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Sophomore Vocab 11-1 Worksheet
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abstemious
censurable
contingent
corroborate
denizen
discursive
disseminate
dowdy
florid
foist
Completing the Sentence: Choose the word that best completes each sentence.
1. Though this may not be the best looking shirt I own, it certainly doesn’t make me look
2. The old fellow looked like a typical
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of the racetrack, as described in Damon Runyon’s famous stories.
3. No honest mechanic will try to
inferior replacement parts on his customers.
4. His talk on world affairs was so disorganized and
that it left us more confused than ever.
5. Her good health in old age is due in large part to the
habits of her younger years.
6. Since we wished our group to have some say in the town council’s final decision, we sent a small
of our most articulate and convincing speakers to the hearings.
7. Unless you can produce witnesses to
mere assertion will have little or no effect on the jury.
your claim that you stopped at the red light, the
8. Among all those pale and sallow people, her highly
complexion stood out like a beacon.
9. I don’t like to criticize your behavior, but I feel obliged to tell you that your discourtesy to that confused tourist was
highly
.
10. The purpose of this program is to
training opportunities for your people.
throughout the community information about job-
Synonyms: Choose the word that is most nearly like the words below.
11. a long and digressive novel
12. tacky window decorations
13. substantiate an old rumor
14. a flowery introduction
15. a frequenter of the public library
16. broadcast the child’s baby pictures
17. palm off fake diamonds
18. a temperate use of words
Antonyms: Choose the word that is most nearly the opposite of the words below.
19. judged the actions as commendable
20. payment independent of need
Unit 11-1 Vocab
Define each word including part of speech
abstemious
censurable
contingent
corroborate
denizen
discursive
disseminate
dowdy
florid
foist
Use each word in an original sentence.
abstemious
censurable
contingent
corroborate
denizen
discursive
disseminate
dowdy
florid
foist