Vocab Unit 11

1. Vocab Unit 11 5.0

2. Allude • (v.) to refer to casually or indirectly
 • syn: suggest insinuate, hint at, intimate Orwell’s Animal Farm alludes to Soviet totalitarianism.

3. Clairvoyant • (adj.) supernaturally perceptive; (n.) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer
 • syn: (adj.) insightful, discerning, uncanny; (n.) visionary • Clair(clear) voyant(voyage)

4. Conclusive • (adj.) serving to settle an issue; final
 • syn: decisive, indisputable, convincing, definitive
 • ant: unsettled, provisional, indefinite

5. Disreputable • (adj) not respectable, not esteemed
 • syn: disgraceful, discreditable, shady
 • ant: honest, aboveboard, respectable, creditable • Disgraced Reputation

6. Endemic • (adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
 • syn: indigenous, restricted to
 • ant: alien, foreign, extraneous • Think of epidemic (disease within a community)

8. Exemplary • (adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
 • syn: praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative
 • ant: infamous, notorious, scandalous, disreputable • Those who are exemplaryprovide a strong example for the rest of us!

9. Fathom • (v.) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; (n.) a measure of depth in water
 • syn: (v.) grasp, comprehend, figure out, plumb If you own a FAT HOME, investigators will try to understand or fathomwhy this is.

10. Guile • (n.) treacherous cunning, deceit
 • syn: trickery, duplicity, chicanery
 • Some guys guilegirls into going to prom

12. Integrity • (n.) honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness
syn: rectitude, probity
ant: dishonesty, corruption, turpitude

13. Itinerary • (n) a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook
 • syn: schedule, program You’d need an itinerary to survive the trek on the Appalachian Trail.

14. Misconstrue • (v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
 • syn: misjudge, misinterpret

15. I mistook the country’s true location

16. Obnoxious • (adj.) highly offensive, arousing strong dislike
 • syn: disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious
 • ant: agreeable, pleasing, engaging, personable

17. Placate • (v.) to appease, soothe, pacify
 • syn: satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate
 • ant: vex, irk, provoke, exasperate, annoy Sounds like “play date”. A play date can pacify a child’s need for friendship.

18. Placid • (adj.) calm, peaceful
 • syn: undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene
 • ant: stormy, agitated, turbulent, tempestuous Think of Lake Placid! Lake Placid has calm and tranquil waters…

19. Except here…

20. Plagiarism • (n.) passing off or using as one's own the writing (or other materials) of another person
 • syn: piracy, theft Self-plagiarism?

21. Potent • (adj.) powerful; highly effective
 • syn: mighty, formidable, forceful
 • ant: weak, inept, feckless, powerless, ineffective

22. Our camper is a lot fancier than the po’ tent over there!

23. Pretext • (n.) a false reason, deceptive excuse • syn: pretense, cover story, rationale, evasion • Pretense----Excuse

24. Protrude • (v.) to stick out, thrust forth
 • syn: project, jut out, bulge

25. The pro’s rude comments shocked the press and stuck out amongst other news stories. Wimp

26. Stark • (adj.) harsh, unrelieved, desolate • syn: (adj.) sheer, downright, grim, bleak; (adv.) absolutely
 • ant: (adj.) bright, cheerful, embellished, ornate A stark landscape

27. Superficial • (adj.) on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow
 • syn: skin-deep, insubstantial, cursory, slapdash
 • ant: deep, profound, thorough, exhaustive