Vocab Fall List #5

1. Allude - A form of allusion, to refer to casually or indirectly.

       -The author of the story tries to allude the reader with his imagination and writing skills.
    2.  Clairvoyant - Being able to perceive beyond the senses; having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision.
       - Apparently the sidekick we saw at the old shop was very clairvoyant but I highly doubt it.
    3. Conclusive - Serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing.
       - The scientist work was conclusive once after running through some tests.
    4. Disreputable - Having a poor or bad reputation.
       - The man was disreputable after being convicted of a serious crime.
    5. Endemic - Natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place. 
       - The boy's endemic seemed to be with more mature people.
    6. Exemplary - Serving to be an example or pattern; exemplary.
       - The ex-convict wanted to be an exemplary for his little boy.
    7. Fathom - N. To measure of by means of a sounding line; sound.
                   - V.  To penetrate the truth of; comprehend; to understand.       
    8. Guile - Insidious cunning in attaining a goal; tricky; cleverness; to trick.
       - The spy so guile when he retrieved the stolen ruby.
    9. Integrity - adherence to moral the ethical principles soundness of moral character.
       - The teacher loved the student's integrity.
   10. Itinerary - A detailed plan for a journey , especially a list of places to visit. 
       - The dad's itinerary was to go all over the big monuments in Europe for the family vacation.
   11. Misconstrue - To misunderstand. To misread something, misrepresent.
       - The boy misconstrue the meaning of the word that he learned in class today.
   12. Obnoxious - Highly objectionable or offensive; rude or unpleasant.
       - The people that sat in front of us during the movie were very obnoxious.
   13. Placate - To calm down; to appease or pacify, especially by concessions conciliatory gestures.
       - The teacher was trying to figure out how to placate her students after the big news.
   14. Placid - Pleasantly calm or peaceful.   
       - The city park was very nice and placid.
   15. Plagiarism - Taking someone elses work and representing it as your own.
       - The man was sued for plagiarizing  a companies idea.
   16 Potent - Powerful; mighty.
       - The Greeks looked at the gods very potently, but also very graceful. 
   17. Pretext - Reason for doing something. To put something forward to conceal a true purpose or object.
       - The reason why the teacher put the pretext on the white board is because you  are supposed to figure out it what it means.
   18. Protrude - To stick out.
       - That girl in the choir protrude the most out of the most out of the group.
   19. Stark - Obvious or clear.
       - The stain on the white shirt was very stark.
   20. Superficial - Shallow, being at, on, or near the surface.
       - The wound was very superficial.