Monday, September 17, 2012

Vocabulary 9/17/12

1. Allude; to refer to something the author thinks you should know.
2. Clairvoyant; being able to receive beyond the five senses.
3. Conclusive; final or decisive, to conclude.
4. Disreputable; of poor reputation
5. Endemic; pervasive in a particular place.
6. Exemplary; do something with no importance.
7. Fathom;  N. a unit of length equal to six ft. V. to measure the depth of by means of the sounding./ To penetrate the truth of; Comprehend; understand: to fathom someones motives.
8. Guile; trickiness, cleverness.
9. Integrity; sticking to a promise
10. Itinerary; a trip schedule.
11. Misconstrue; N. misunderstand. V. misrepresent.
12. Obnoxious; Highly objectionable or offensive.
13. Placate; to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures
14. Placid; calm and peaceful , with little movement or activity.
15. Plagiarism; taking someone else's word & representing it as if you own it.
16. Potent; Powerful 
17. Pretext; an excuse, text before the text.
18. Protrude; to stick out or speak out.
19. Stark; obvious or clear.
20. Superficial; shallow
Sentences.
1. The author tries to allude his/her audience by the way he points out certain characteristics.
2. Clairvoyant Roger foresaw the earthquake.
3 Conclusive to support either view.
4. "You are a  disgrace to our family!"
5. Endemic subspecies of yellow warbler.
6. He tried an exemplary activity for this club.
7. He seems to fathom that I can't go to his house.
8. The Joker from "Batman" is a guile man!
9. The hero had integrity to save the woman from the evil man.
10. I just found out that itinerary is a trip schedule or a plan.
11. We tried to not misconstrue the mayor in his city town meeting.
12. The man was being obnoxious about his order in the restaurant.
13. So the manager tried the placate the angry customer.
14. This national forest is quite placid.
15. That man was accused for plagiarism of copying a song.
16. That man was potent when he told his speech in the meeting today.
17. Pretext for a war conjured up to serve a multiplicity of ends.
18. Protrude above the surfaces of a streaming hot tub.
19. The little boy was looked stark when his mom found his hand with a crayon in his hand and writing in the wall.

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