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Vocab Unit 11

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ALLUDE

  • (v) to refer to casually or indirectly
  • synonym: suggest, insinuate, intimate
  • antonym: addressing
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CLARIVOYANT

  • (adj) supernaturally perceptive; (n) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer
  • synonym: (adj) insightful, discerning, uncanny; (n) visionary
  • antonym: (adj) blind, unseeing, myopic, dense
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CONCLUSIVE

  • (adj) serving to settle an issue; final
  • synonym: decisive, convincing, definitive
  • antonym: unsettled, provisional, indefinite
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DISREPUTABLE

  • (adj) not respectable, not esteemed
  • synonym: disgraceful, discreditable, shady
  • antonym: honest, aboveboard, respectable, creditable
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ENDEMIC

  • (adj) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
  • synonym: indigenous, restricted to
  • antonym: alien, foreign, extraneous
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EXEMPLARY

  • (adj) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
  • synonym: praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative
  • antonym: infamous, notorious, scandalous, disreputable
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FATHOM

  • (v) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; (n) a measure of depth in water
  • synonym: grasp, figure out, plumb
  • antonym: clueless
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GUILE

  • (n) treacherous cunning, deceit
  • synonym: trickery, chicanery
  • antonym: candor, artlessness, naïveté, plain dealing
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INTEGRITY

  • (n) honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness
  • synonym: rectitude, probity
  • antonym: dishonesty, corruption, turpitude
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ITINERARY

  • (n). a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook
  • synonym:'schedule, program
  • antonym: winging it, Sunday drive
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MISCONSTRUE

  • (v) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
  • synonym: misjudge, misinterpret
  • antonym: interpret, judge
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OBNOXIOUS

  • (adj) highly offensive, arousing strong dislike
  • synonym: disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious
  • antonym: agreeable, pleasing, engaging, personable
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PLACATE

  • (v) to appease, soothe, pacify
  • synonym: satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate
  • antonym: vex, irk, provoke, exasperate, annoy
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PLACID

  • (adj) calm, peaceful
  • synonym: undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene
  • antonym: stormy, agitated, turbulent, tempestuous
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POTENT

  • (adj) powerful, highly effective
  • synonym: mighty, formidable, forceful
  • antonym: weak, inept, feckless, powerless, ineffective
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PRETEXT

  • (n) a false reason, deceptive excuse
  • synonym: pretense, cover story, rationale, evasion
  • antonym: honest, truthful,
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PROTRUDE

  • (v) to stick out, thrust forth
  • synonym: project, bulge
  • antonym: sunken, flush
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REPARATION

  • (n) a payment made for a wrong or an injury
  • synonym: compensation, damages, redress
  • antonym: penalty, theft
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STARK

  • (adj) harsh, unrelieved, desolate; (adv) utterly
  • synonym: (adj) sheer, downright, grim, bleak; (adv) absolutely
  • antonym: bright, cheerful, embellished, ornate
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SUPERFICIAL

  • (adj) on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow
  • synonym: skin-deep, insubstantial, cursory, slapdash
  • antonym: deep, profound, thorough, exhaustive

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