Monday, September 17, 2012

Vocab September 17

Allude: to refer to something the author thinks you should know.
Clairvoyant: able to read minds
Conclusive: final
Disreputable: poor reputation
Endemic: natural to an environment
Exemplory: outstanding
Fathom: nautical measure of depth, to understand
Guile: to trick
Integrity: consitant in thought, speech and action
Itinerary: plan, schedule
Misconstrue: misunderstand, misrepresent
Obnoxious: rude, loud, annoying
Placate: to calm down
Placid: calm
Plagiarism: taking writing thats not yours
Potent: power
Pretext: excuse
Protrude: to stick out
Stark: obvious, easy to see
Superficial: shallow

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