Monday, September 17, 2012

Vocabulary words

Allude- to refer to something the author thinks you should know.

Clairvoyant- Able to preceve anything beyond the senses

Conclusive- final; to conclude

Disreputable- of poor reputation

Endemic- Wide spread in a particular place

Exemplary- To do something of noteworthy importance

Fathom- Measure of nautical depth; to understand

Guile- to trick

Integrity- Integrating thought, word, and action

Itinerary- a trip schedule

Misconstrue- to miss understand, to miss represent

Obnoxious- rude, loud

Placate- to calm down or satisfy

Placid- calm or peaceful

Plagiarism- Taking someone else's work and making it your own

Potent- Powerful

Pretext- a rational/ reason for doing something

Protrude- to stick out

Stark- obvious or clear

Superficial- shallow or at a surface level

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