Vocabulary Unit 11

1. Vocabulary Unit 11 Sophomores Level E

2. Allude • Verb • To refer to casually or indirectly • In class today, Mrs. Sullivan alluded to the possibility of a quiz being given the following day.

3. Allude • Synonyms • Suggest • Insinuate • Hint at • intimate

4. Clairvoyant • Adjective • Supernaturally perceptive • Noun • One who possesses extrasensory powers, seer • The show Ghost Whisperer is about a woman with clairvoyant powers who guides earthbound spirits into the light.

5. Synonyms Adj. Insightful Discerning Uncanny Noun visionary Antonyms Adj. Blind Unseeing Myopic Dense Imperceptive Clairvoyant

6. Conclusive • Adjective • Serving to settle an issue; final • The test results held conclusive evidence that the patient’s tumor was in fact malignant.

7. Synonyms Decisive Indisputable Convincing Definitive Antonyms Unsettled Provisional Indefinite Conclusive

8. Disreputable • Adjective • Not respectable, not esteemed • Chris Brown’s disreputable actions against Rhianna have brought about a decline in his popularity.

9. Synonyms Disgraceful Discreditable Shady Antonyms Honest Aboveboard Respectable Creditable Disreputable

10. Endemic • Adjective • Native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field. • In countries outside of North America, it is difficult to obtain a turkey for Thanksgiving as the fowl is endemic to that region.

11. Synonyms Indigenous Restricted to Antonyms Alien Foreign Extraneous Endemic

12. Exemplary • Adjective • Worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model. • Because of her exemplary academic performance over a four year period, Little Flower named Gail the valedictorian of the graduating class.

13. Synonyms Praiseworthy Meritorious Sterling Illustrative Antonyms Infamous Notorious Scandalous Disreputable Exemplary

14. Fathom • Verb • To understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of • Noun • A measure of depth in water • I cannot fathom why students do not manage their time better in order to get all of their homework done.

15. Fathom • Synonyms • Grasp • Comprehend • Figure out • Plumb

16. Guile • Noun • Treacherous cunning, deceit • In the Crucible, Abigail Williams’ guile ties the noose around many a Puritan neck.

17. Synonyms Trickery Duplicity Chicanery Antonyms Candor Artlessness Naïveté Plain dealing Guile

18. Integrity • Noun • Honesty, high oral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness. • Many colleges have academic integrity policies in order to deal with occurrences of plagiarism.

19. Synonyms Rectitude Probity Antonyms Dishonesty Corruption Turpitude Integrity

20. Itinerary • Noun • A route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook • I employed the help of a travel agent when planning an itinerary for my upcoming trip to the Bahamas.

21. Itinerary • Synonyms • Schedule • Program

22. Misconstrue • Verb • To interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of • The student misconstrued the instructions for writing the in-class essay and was penalized for her faulty interpretation.

23. Misconstrue • Synonyms • Misjudge • Misinterpret

24. Obnoxious • Adjective • Highly offensive, arousing strong dislike • Using foul language is considered an obnoxious habit by many.

25. Synonyms Disagreeable Repugnant Hateful Odious Antonyms Agreeable Pleasing Engaging Personable Obnoxious

26. Placate • Verb • To appease, soothe, pacify • Realizing his customers were getting impatient, the waiter brought the table more bread to placate them.

27. Synonyms Satisfy Mollify Allay Conciliate Antonyms Vex Irk Provoke Exasperate Annoy Placate

28. Placid • Adjective • Calm, peaceful • Lullabies are placid songs meant to soothe an upset child into sleep.

29. Synonyms Undisturbed Tranquil Quiet Serene Antonyms Stormy Agitated Turbulent Tempestuous Placid

30. Plagiarism • Noun • Passing off or using as one’s own the writing (or orther materials) of another person. • Colleges and universities use sites like turn-it-in.com to detect instances of plagiarism in student writing.

31. Plagiarism • Synonyms • Piracy • Theft

32. Potent • Adjective • Powerful; highly effective • Some advocates of the death penalty think it is a potent crime deterrent.

33. Synonyms Mighty Formidable Forceful Antonyms Weak Inept Feckless Powerless Ineffective Potent

34. Pretext • Noun • A false reason, deceptive excuse • The girl faked sick in the morning as a pretext to get out of her English test.

35. Pretext • Synonyms • Pretense • Cover story • Rationale • Evasion

36. Protrude • Verb • To stick out, thrust forth • Emaciated woman look as though their collar bones protrude from their bodies.

37. Protrude • Synonyms • Project • Jut out • Bulge

38. Stark • Adjective • Harsh, unrelieved, desolate; • Adverb • Utterly • The failure warning was a stark reminder to the girl that she needed to be a more diligent student.

39. Synonyms Adj. Sheer Downright Grim Bleak Adv. Absolutely Antonyms Adj Bright Cheerful Embellished Ornate Stark

40. Superficial • Adjective • On or near the surface concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow. • Students often have a superficial grasp on vocabulary because memorize words for a test instead of making longer lasting connections.

41. Synonyms Skin-deep Insubstantial Cursory Slapdash Antonyms Deep Profound Thorough Exhaustive Superficial