Level F Unit 11
Your Task:
1. Look to the word SEAR. Find one of Unit 11’s
words, and write it on the lines beside the slide.
2. Find and circle effect/affect (there are two)
3. Complete the RPS for this unit
4. Find a sentence with an inadequate context clue.
Insert a contrast signal and antonym clue.
5. There is one bolded sentence in both “palpable”
and “satiate”. Rewrite these with context clues.
Abstemious***
• She came from a long line of quiet, thrifty, and
______ farming folk.
• Her good health in old age is due in large part
to the _____ habits of her younger years.
• She was so _____ that she extended her selfcontrol even to her beloved books, and read
them no more than an hour each day.
**** abstemious is a Shakespearean neologism
censurable
• Because he was unaware of what he had done,
we decided that his behavior was not ______.
• I don’t like to criticize your behavior, but I feel
obliged to tell you that your discourtesy to that
confused tourist was highly _____.
• No doubt his efforts to advance his own interests
were _____, but let’s try to keep a sense of
proportion and not condemn him too much.
contingent
• _____ on our parents’ approval, we plan to take a
trip through Alaska next summer.
• 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.
• As the Scottish poet Robert Burns aptly suggests,
even the best laid plans are often entirely ______
on events over which we have no control.
corroborate
• He could tell the court where I was and for how
long, but he still needed a witness to _____ his
statements.
• Unless you can produce witnesses to _____ your
claim that you were stopped at the red light, the
mere assertion will have little to no effect/affect
on the jury.
• All the available evidence _____ my theory that
the theft was planned by someone familiar with
the layout of the house.
denizen
• A lover of marine life, she knew all the names
of the scaly _____ of our lakes.
• The old fellow did indeed look like a typical
____ of the racetrack, as described in Damon
Runyon’s famous stories.
• The most tragic aspect of a forest fire is its
destructive effects/affects on the innumerable
plant and animal _____ of that environment.
discursive
• Within the ____ account of his life, there was
a fairly complete history of the whole village
• His talk on world affairs was so disorganized
and _____ that it left us more confused than
ever.
• Although the essays are highly _____ covering
a wide range of topics, they are written with
such clarity and grace that they are easy to
follow.
disseminate
• I decided that it was a bad idea to use my
position in order to _____ my personal views.
• The purpose of this program is to _____
throughout the community information about
job-training opportunities for young people.
• Although the Declaration of Independence was
framed only to justify a revolution in the British
colonies in North America, its ideas and ideals
have been ______ throughout the world.
dowdy
• The actor wore ____ clothing and sunglasses
so that no one would recognize him.
• Though this may not be the smartest-looking
blouse I’ve worn, I thought to myself, it
certainly doesn’t make me look _____.
• Some English queens were strikingly elegant
and imposing figures; others were somewhat
____ and unprepossessing.
florid
• The ____ style of architecture in the old part
of town as a welcome change from the grim,
newer blocks we had seen.
• Among all those pale and sallow people, her
highly ____ complexion stood out like a
beacon.
• Her ____ writing style, abounding in
adjectives and fancy metaphors, is far from
suitable for factual newspaper stories.
foist
• During the 19th century, the unscrupulous Jay
Gould ____ thousands of worthless railroad
shares on the unsuspecting public.
• No honest mechanic will try to ____ inferior
replacement parts on his customers.
• Let’s not allow them to ____ on us ideas and
programs that have been proved failures in
other countries!
gauche
• Though he was sincere when he thanked his
guest for having stayed an extra week, his
comment was considered _____.
• It is hard to believe that people coming from
such a refined social milieu could be so ____
and boorish in their behavior.
• He thought he was being witty and charming,
but I regard his conduct at the party as
altogether ______.
heresy
• Saving money to accumulate interest seems to
be a _____ in these days of instant credit.
• When I referred to her favorite singer as an
“untalented, overpaid, and conceited lout”
she looked at me in shock, as though I had
been guilty of _______.
• The study of history teaches us that many
ideas regarded as ___ by one generation are
accepted as sound and orthodox by the next.
inculcate
• It is important to ____ a healthy respect for
authority into army recruits.
• Psychologists tell us that the years of early
childhood are the best time to _____ basic
concepts of right and wrong.
• Before we set out to ______ certain principles
in our young people, let’s be very sure that
these principles are truly desirable for them
and their society.
palpable
• The excitement in the room was almost ___.
• The stubborn refusal to give me a chance to
compete for the scholarship on the same basis
as everyone else is a(n) ____ injustice to the
whole idea of fair play.
• Modern nutritionists emphasize that there is a
_____ difference between “eating to live” and
“living to eat”.
perceptive
• His _____ eye went at once through the
roomful of noisy children to the child who was
most ill at ease.
• Eudora Welty is considered one of the most
____ and insightful American writers of her
time.
• Children are often remarkably _____ in
understanding how adults feel about them.
pernicious
• Night air was once thought to have a ____
effect on infants who were in poor health.
• Is there any need for me to describe at length
the ____ effects of smoking?
• The more we studied the drug problem, the
more we became aware of its _____ influence
on the American people today.
salient
• I think the most _____ feature of the new plan
is its similarity to the old plan.
• A(n) _____ characteristic of every great
athlete is the ability to perform at maximum
efficiency while under extreme pressure.
• Out of all the endless flow of dull verbiage in
that long lecture, we could recognize only two
or three ______ points.
satiate
• Nothing will _____ my hunger. (Oh, come on,
Jerome. You can do better than that!!!)
• After the long summer vacation, I was ____
with loafing and eager to return to school.
• Though I rather like the better TV game
shows, I find that after a certain point, I’m
____ and ready for more substantial fare.
sear
• We wanted to serve grilled vegetables, but I
____ them, and they tasted like leather.
• If you with to seal in the juices and bring out
the flavor of your pot roast, ____ it briefly in a
hot pan before you put it in the oven.
• In a series of ____ attacks now known as the
Philippics, Cicero launched his entire battery
of political invective against the hapless Marc
Anthony.
specious
• Though her resume looked very impressive,
her claims of vast experience in the field were
_____.
• If I had the time, I could point out many flaws
in the _____ arguments you find so
impressive.
• We are most likely to fall victim to _____
reasoning when we have an emotional desire
to believe what we are being told.