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