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Vocabulary Workshop Lvl.E
Chapter 11
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English
10th Grade
02/21/2008

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Allude

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to refer to casually or indirectly

to suggest, insinuate, hint at , or intimate

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Clairvoyant

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supernaturally perceptive (adj)

one who possesses extrasnesory powers, seer (n)

insightful, discerning, uncanny (adj)

visionary (n)

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conclusive

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Serving to settle and issue, final

decisive, indisputable, convincing, definitive

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Disreputable

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Not respectable, not esteemed

disgraceful, discreditable, shady

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Endemic

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Native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristics of or prevalent in a field.

indigenous, restricted to

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Exemplary

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Worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model

praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative

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fathom

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to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine

the depth of (v)

 

a measure of deapth in water (n)

grasp, comprehend, figure out, plumb (v)

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Guile

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treacherous cunning, deceit (n)

 

trickery, duplicity, chicanery

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integrity

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honesty, high moral standards ; and unimpaired condition completeness, soundness

 

rectitude, probity

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itinerary

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a croute of travel; a record aof travel; a guidebook

schedule, program

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Misconstrue

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to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of

misjudge, misinterpret

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obnoxious

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highly offensive, arousing strong dislike

disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odioius

 

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placate

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to appease, soothe, pacify

satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate

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placid

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calm, peaceful

undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene

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plagiarism

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passing off or using as on'es own the writing ( or other materials) of another person

 

piracy, theft

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Potent

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Powerful;Highly effective

 

might, formidable, forecful

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Pretext

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A false reason, deceptive excuse

 

pretense, cover story, rationale, evasion

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Protrude

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to stick out, thrust forth

 

project, jut out, bulge

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Stark

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harsh, unrelieved, desolate (adj)

utterly (adv)

 

sheer , downright, grim, bleak (adj)

absolutley(adv)

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Superficial

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on or near the sufave; concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow

 

skin-deep, insubstantail, cursory, slapdash

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