Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 11

placid

(adj.) calm, peaceful s: undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene a: stormy, agitated, turbulent, tempestuous

stark

(adj.) harsh, unrelieved, desolate; utterly s: sheer, downright, grim, bleak, absolutely a: bright, cheerful, embellishes, ornate

obnoxious

(adj.) highly offensive, arousing strong dislike s: disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious a: agreeable, pleasing, engaging, personable

endemic

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

disreputable

(adj.) not respectable, not esteemed s: disgraceful, discreditable, shady a: honest, aboveboard, respectable, creditable

superficial

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

potent

(adj.) powerful; highly affective s: mighty, formidable, forceful a: weak, inept, feckless, powerless, ineffective

conclusive

(adj.) serving to settle an issue; final s: decisive, indisputable, convincing, definitive a: unsettled, provisional, indefinite

clairvoyant

(adj.) supernaturally perceptive; (n.) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer s: insightful, discerning, uncanny, visionary a: blind, unseeing, myopic, dense, imperceptive

exemplary

(adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model s: praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative a: infamous, notorious, scandalous, disreputable

pretext

(n.) a false reason, deceptive excuse s: pretense, cover story, rationale, evasion

itinerary

(n.) a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook s: schedule, program

plagiarism

(n.) passing off or using as one's own writing (or other materials) of another person s: piracy, theft

guile

(n.) treacherous cunning, deceit s: trickery, duplicity, chicanery a: candor, artlessness, naivete, plain dealing

integrity

(n.)honestly, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness s: rectitude, probity a: dishonesty, corruption, turpitude

placate

(v.) to appease, soothe, pacify s: satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate a: vex, irk, provoke, exasperate, annoy

misconstrue

(v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of s: misjudge, misinterpret

allude

(v.) to refer to casually or indirectly s: suggest, insinuate, hint at, intimate

protrude

(v.) to stick out, thrust forward s: project, jut out, bulge

fathom

(v.) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; a measure of depth in water s: grasp, comprehend, figure out, plumb