Monday, September 17, 2012

Vocab #5

Colloquial-Casual
Everyone at the party was colloquial.

Allude-Form of allusion/A hint
The author used his favorite allude for the story.

Clairvoyant-Able to perceive thing beyond senses.
The man was clairvoyant in his writing.



Conclusive-Final/Decisive/Convincing
The fight was conclusive.

Disreputable-Poor reputation
The kids are disreputable because of how they act towards other people.

Endemic-Pandemic/Wide spread in a particular place
There was an endemic when the zombies came.

Exemplary-A model/Example
The students' have an exemplary attitude.

Fathom-N-Measure of noticle depth. V-Understand
Please fathom why I did it.

Guile-Trickiness 
The student had very good guile.

Integrity-To follow through in what you say.
The student is an example of integrity.

Itinerary-Trip schedule
When you buy a plain ticket they give you an itinerary of the trip.

Misconstrue-P-Miss understood A-Miss represented
My child misconstrued what I said.

Obnoxious-Rude
Teenagers are very obnoxious.

Placate-Calm down/Satisfy
It took me about ten minutes to placate after my work out.

Placid-Calm/Peaceful
My neighborhood is a placid place.

Plagiarism-To take someones words and use them as your own.
Many of the students plagiarized there work.

Potent-Powerful
Even though he was small, he was very potent.

Pretext-Reason for doing something
You better have a good pretext for bringing us here.

Protrude-To stick out/Extend beyond the surface
The boy protruded like a sore thumb.

Stark-Obvious/Clear
It was stark who the winner was.

Superficial-Shallow
The water level was superficial.

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