UNIT 11

ALLUDE

• To refer to casually or indirectly
• Suggest, intimate
• I can allude to my friends because I have known them for such a long time.

CLAIRVOYANT

• Supernaturally perceptive
• Insightful, uncanny
• The clairvoyant man claimed he could tell you what your future held.

CONCLUSIVE

• Serving to settle an issue
• Decisive, convincing
• There is always a conclusive student who just wants everyone to get along.

DISREPUTABLE

• Not respectable
• Disgraceful
• Many people did not want to vote for the disreputable congress man.

ENDEMIC

• Native or confined to a particular region or people
• Indigenous, restricted to
• There are many endemic natives in America who only want to stay with their tribe.

EXEMPLARY

• Worthy of imitation
• Commendable
• My mom always tells me to take after exemplary students at my school.

FATHOM

• To understand
• Grasp
• I couldn't fathom the immensity of our universe.

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