Monday, September 17, 2012

vocab fall list #5

1. allude-to refer to something the author thinks you should know
2.clairvoyant- able to read mind
the psychic was clairvoyant.
3.conclusive- final or decisive. to conclude
The evidence was conclusive.
4.disreputable- of a poor reputation
he had a disreputable reputation
5.endemic- native to an enviorment

6.exemplary-Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind
my vocab list is exemplary.
7.fathom- nodical measure of depth. to understand
you cant even fathom how larg the universe is
8.guile-trick
he beguiled me into thinking it was a good idea
9.integrity- inegrating thought speech and action
i said i was going to do it. so i did it. i have alot of integrity
10.itinerary-trip schedule or plan
the itinerary for the weekend was sleep sleep sleep.
11.misconstrue-to misunderstand
he miscunstrued the whole conversation
12.obnoxious-rude, loud. abrasive
that kid is so obnoxious
13.placate- to calm down or satisfy
he had to placate her to find out what was going on
14.placid-calm
he had a very placid meaner to him
15.plagiarism-taking someones writing without permission
if anyone copys my vocab sentences its plagiarism (-.-)
16.potent-powerful
it was a potent speech
17.pretext- an excuse. text before the text
the pretext was that his dog ate his homework
18.protrude-to speakout

19.stark-easy to see
the red in the sky was very stark
20.superficial-shallow


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