Unit 11 Vocabulary (allude-pretext)
placid
Adj. calm, peaceful
stark
Adj. harsh, unrelieved, desolate
obnoxious
Adj. highly offensive, arousing strong dislike
endemic
Adj. native or confined to a particular region or people
disreputable
Adj. not respectable, not esteemed
superficial
Adj. on or near the surface, shallow
potent
Adj. powerful, highly effective
conclusive
Adj. serving to settle an issue, final
clairvoyant
Adj. supernaturally perceptive, one who possesses extrasensory powers
exemplary
Adj. worthy of imitation, commendable, serving as a model
pretext
N. a false reason, deceptive excuse
itinerary
N. a route of travel, a guidebook
integrity
N. honesty, high moral standards
plagiarism
N. passing off or using as one's own the writing (or other materials) of another person
guile
N. treacherous cunning, deciet, trickery
placate
V. to appease, soothe, pacify
misconstrue
V. to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
allude
V. to refer to casually or indirectly
protrude
V. to stick out, thrust forth
fathom
V. to understand, get to the bottom of; N. a measure of depth in water