Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Vocabulary: Fall List # 5

Allude: to refer casually or indirectly. make an allusion.
Clairvoyant: having or claiming the power to read minds.
Conclusive: serving to settle or decide a question.
Disreputable: not reputable; discreditable or dishonorable.
Endemic: natural or characteristic of a specific people or place.
Exemplary: worthy of imitation; commendable.
Fathom: to not understand the depth of someone or something.
Guile: insidious cunning in attaining a goal.
Integrity: adherence to moral or ethical principles.
Itinerary: a detailed plan for a journey, especially places to visit.
Misconstrue: to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense.
Obnoxious: annoying or objectionable due to being a showoff or attracting undue attention to oneself.
Placate: to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures.
Placid: pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled.
Plagiarism: an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work.
Potent: powerful; mighty; having or exercising great power of influence.
Pretext: something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object.
Protrude: to project.
Stark: sheer, utter, downright, or complete.
Superficial: being at, on, or near the surface; shallow.

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