Unit 11 Vocab
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ALLUDE
- Def:(v.) to refer to casually or indirectly
- Syn: suggest, insinuate, hint at, intimate
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CLAIRVOYANT
- Def:(adj.) supernaturally perceptive; (n.) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer
- Syn: (adj.) insightful, discerning, uncanny; (n.) visionary
- Ant: (adj.) blind, unseeing, myopic, dense, Imperceptive
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CONCLUSIVE
- Def:(adj.) serving to settle an issue; final
- Syn: decisive, indisputable, convincing, definitive
- Ant: unsettled, provisional, indefinite
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DISREPUTABLE
- Def:(adj) not respectable, not esteemed
- Syn: disgraceful, discreditable, shady
- Ant: honest, aboveboard, respectable, creditable
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ENDEMIC
- Def:(adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
- Syn: indigenous, restricted to
- Ant: alien, foreign, extraneous
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EXEMPLARY
- Def:(adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
- Syn: praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative
- Ant: infamous, notorious, scandalous, disreputable
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FATHOM
- Def:(v.) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of;(n.) a measure of depth in water
- Syn: (v.) grasp, comprehend, figure out, plumb
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GUILE
- Def:(n.) treacherous cunning, deceit
- Syn: trickery, duplicity, chicanery
- Ant: candor, artlessness, naïveté, plain dealing
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INTEGRITY
- Def:(n.) honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness
- Syn: rectitude, probity
- Ant: dishonesty, corruption, turpitude
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ITINERARY
- Def:(n.) a route of travel; a record of trail; a guide book
- Syn: schedule, program
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MISCONSTRUE
- Def:(v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
- Syn: misjudge, misinterpret
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OBNOXIOUS
- Def:(adj.) highly offensive, arousing strong dislike
- Syn: disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious
- Ant: agreeable, pleasing, Engaging, personable
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PLACATE
- Def:(v.) to appease, soothe, pacify
- Syn: satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate
- Ant: vex, irk, provoke, exasperate, annoy
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PLACID
- Def:(adj.) calm, peaceful
- Syn: undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene
- Ant: stormy, agitated, turbulent, tempestuous
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PLAGIARISM
- Def:(n.) passing off or using as one's own the writing (or other materials) of another person
- Syn: piracy, theft
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POTENT
- Def:(adj.) powerful; highly effective
- Syn: mighty, formidable, forceful
- Ant: weak, inept, feckless, powerless, ineffective
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PRETEXT
- Def:(n.) a false reason, deceptive excuse
- Syn: pretense, cover story, rationale, invasion
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STARK
- Def:(adj.) harsh, unrelieved, desolate; (adv.) utterly
- Syn:(adj.) sheer, downright, grim, bleak; (adv.) absolutely
- Ant:(adj.) bright, cheerful, embellished, ornate
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