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Vocab. Unit 11
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Question | Answer |
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Allude | (v.) to refer to casually or indirectly |
Clairvoyant | (adj.) supernaturally perceptive; (n.) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer |
Conclusive | (adj.) serving to settle an issue; final |
Disreputable | (adj.) not respectable, not esteemed |
Endemic | (adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field |
Exemplary | (adj.) worth of imitation, commendable; serving as a model |
Fathom | (v.) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; (n.) a measure of depth in water |
Guile | (n.) treacherous cunning, deceit |
Integrity | (n.) honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness |
Itinerary | (n.) a route of travel; a record of travel, a guidebook |
Misconstrue | (v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of |
Obnoxious | (adj.) highly offensive, arousing strong dislike |
Placate | (v.) to appease, soothe, pacify |
Placid | (adj.) calm, peaceful |
Plagiarism | (n.) passing off or using as one's own the writing ( or other materials ) of another person |
Potent | (adj.) powerful; highly effective |
Pretext | (n.) a false reason, deceptive excuse |
Protrude | (v.) to stick out, thrust forth |
Stark | (adj.) harsh, unrelieved, desolate; (adv.) utterly |
Superficial | (adj.) on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface shallow |