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allude. Connotation: Neutral Etymology: L. alludere "to joke, jest," from ad- "to" and ludere "to play" Lit. term “allusion” – author makes reference to another work, person, art work, song, etc. clairvoyant. Connotation: Neutral Etymology:

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  1. allude Connotation: Neutral Etymology: L.alludere"tojoke,jest,"fromad-"to"andludere"toplay" Lit. term “allusion” – author makes reference to another work, person, art work, song, etc.

  2. clairvoyant Connotation: Neutral Etymology: Fr. clairvoyant "seeing clearly" (13c.), from source of clair (see clear) + voyant "seeing," from L. videre "to see"

  3. Connotation: Neutral Etymology: L.L. conclusivus, from conclus-, pp. stem of concludere "to shut up, enclose" conclusive Conclusive evidence of water on Mars

  4. disreputable Connotation: Negative Etymology: 1772, from disrepute + -able. L. reputāre  to think over, from re-  + putāre  to think

  5. endemic Connotation: Neutral Etymology: 1662, from Gk. endemos "native," from en- "in" + demos "people, district"

  6. exemplary Connotation: Positive Etymology: L. exemplaris "that serves as an example," from exemplum "example."

  7. fathom Connotation: Neutral Etymology: OldEnglishfæthm  span of outstretched arms; cognate with German Faden  six-foot measure

  8. guile Connotation: Negative Etymology: ME < OF < Ger;   akin to wile “trickery”

  9. integrity Connotation: Positive Etymology: L. integritatem (nom. integritas) "soundness, wholeness," from integer "whole"

  10. itinerary Connotation: Neutral Etymology: mid-15c., "route of travel," from L.L. itinerarium "account of a journey"

  11. misconstrue Connotation: Negative Etymology: late 14c., from mis-+ construe Latin construere  to put together, build, equivalent to con-  + struere  to pile up, arrange, perhaps akin to sternere  to spread, strew

  12. obnoxious Connotation: Negative Etymology: L. obnoxiosus "hurtful, injurious," from obnoxius "subject to harm," from ob "to, toward" + noxa "injury, hurt, damage entailing liability"

  13. placate Connotation: Positive Etymology: L. placatus, pp. of placare "to calm, appease," akin to placēre  to please

  14. placid Connotation: Positive Etymology: L. placidus "pleasing, gentle," from placere "to please"

  15. reparation Connotation: Positive Etymology: L.L. reparationem (nom. reparatio) "act of repairing, restoration," from L. reparatus, pp. of reparare "restore"

  16. potent Connotation: Positive Etymology: L. potentem (nom. potens) "powerful," prp. of *potere "be powerful," from potis "powerful, able, capable"

  17. pretext Connotation: Negative Etymology: L. prætexere "to disguise, cover," from præ- "in front" + texere "to weave"

  18. protrude Connotation: Neutral Etymology: L. pro- "forward" + trudere "to thrust"

  19. stark Connotation: Negative Etymology: Old English stearc  stiff, firm; cognate with German stark  strong

  20. superficial Connotation: Negative Etymology: L.superficialis "of or pertaining to the surface," from superficies "surface," from super "above, over" + facies "form, face"

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