Vocabulary Unit 11

allude

• V. to refer to casually or indirectly
• Syn: suggest

Clairvoyant

• Adj. supernaturally preceptive, Noun. one who possesses extrasensory powers
• Syn: insightful
• Ant:blind

Conclusive

• Adj. serving to settle an issue
• Sny: decisive
• Ant: Unsettled

Disreputable

• Adj. Not respectable, not esteemed
• Syn: disgraceful
• Ant: Honest

Endemic

• Adj. native or confined to a particular region or people
• Sny: indigenous
• Ant:alien

Exemplary

• Adj. worthy of imitation
• Syn: Praiseworthy
• Ant: infamous

Fathom

• V. to understand: N. a measure of depth of water
• Sny: grasp

Guile

• N. treacherous cunning
• Syn: Trickery
• Ant: candor

Integrity

• N. honesty, high moral standards
• Sny: Rectitude
• Ant: dishonesty

Itinerary

• N. a route of travel
• Syn: schedule

Misconstrue

• V. to interpret wrongly
• Sny: misjudge
• Ant: Appreciate

Obnoxious

• Adj. highly offensive
• Sny: disagreeable
• Ant: agreeable

placate

• V. to appease
• Sny: satisfy
• Ant: vex

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Placid

• Adj. calm, peaceful
• Sny: undisturbed
• Ant: stormy

Plagiarism

• N. passing off or using as one's own writing as your own
• Sny: piracy

potent

• Adj. powerful
• Sny: mighty
• Ant: weak

Pretext

• N. a false reason
• Sny: pretense

Protrude

• V. to stick out
• Sny: project

Stark

• Adj. harsh, Adv. utterly
• Sny: Adj. sheer, Adv. absolutely
• Ant: Adj. bright

Superficial

• Adj. on or near the surface
• Sny: Skin-deep
• Ant: deep