Monday, September 17, 2012

vocabulary list #5

Allude: Suggest or call attention to indirectly


clairvoyant:
A person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.


conclusive:
(of evidence or argument) Serving to prove a case


disreputable:
Not considered to be respectable in character or appearance


endemic:
(of a disease or condition) Regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.


exemplary:
Serving as a desirable model


fathom:
A unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 m), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water./ Understand after much thought.


guile:
Sly or cunning intelligence.


integrity:
The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.


itinerary:
A planned route or journey.


misconstrue: To misunderstand or be in error


obnoxious:
Extremely unpleasant


placate:
Make (someone) less angry or hostile


placid:
Not easily upset or excited.


plagiarism:
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.


potent:
Having great power, influence, or effect


pretext: The text before the text


protrude:
Extend beyond or above a surface


stark:
Severe or bare in appearance or outline


superficial:
shallow

 

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