UNIT 11

ALLUDE

• v. to refer to casually or indirectly
• syn. suggest, insinuate, intimate
• The company alluded to a new product in
• their commercial.

CLAIRVOYANT

• adj. supernaturally perceptive n. one who posses
• extrasensory powers, seer
• syn)adj. insightful, discerning, uncanny n.visionary
• ant) adj. blind, unseeing, myopic, dense
• The clairvoyant woman has the ability to see the future.

CONCLUSIVE

• adj. serving to settle an issue; final
• syn. decisive, convincing, definitive
• ant. unsettled, provisional, indefinite
• We made a conclusive decision to buy a
• car for his graduation.

DISREPUTABLE

• adj. not respectable, not esteemed
• syn. disgraceful, discreditable, shady
• ant. honest, aboveboard, respectable
• That author is disreputable and has given
• false information.

ENDEMIC

• adj. native to particular region/people
• syn. indigenous, restricted to
• ant. alien, foreign, extraneous
• A tribe was discovered in the jungle with
• their own endemic culture.

EXEMPLARY

• adj. worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as model
• syn. praisworthy,
• If everyone tried to be exemplary the world would
• have less problems.

FATHOM

• v. to understand n. measure of water depth
• syn. v. grasp, figure out, plumb
• I cannot fathom how some people instantly
• understand all math problems.

GUILE

• n. treacherous cunning, deciet
• syn. trickery, chicanery
• ant. candor, artlessness, naivete, plain dealing
• The guile included in the treaty caused me to
• sign it without realizing what I was agreeing to.

INTEGRITY

• n. honesty, high moral standards, soundness
• syn. rectitude, probity
• ant. dishonesty, corruption, turpitude
• The student with integrity would not cheat.

ITINERARY

• n. route of travel; guidebook
• syn. schedule, program
• Some tourists follow their itinerary
• exactly on vacation.

MISCONSTRUE

• v. interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
• syn. misjudge, misinterpret
• The definition of the word was misconstrued
• so no one knew what it actually meant.

OBNOXIOUS

• adj. highly offensive, arousing strong dislike
• syn. disagreeable