vocab #5

1. allude-to refer to something the author thinks you should know, call attention to indirectly 

• The point of the mentioning how the staff in Young Goodman Brown was to allude the reader to connect it with the devil.

2. clairvoyant - able to read mind

• The little girl wanted to see if the psychic clairvoyance was real.

3.conclusive - final or decisive,  to conclude

• I always hate the conclusive part of a story I really enjoy reading. 

4.disreputable - of a poor reputation, not considered to be respectable in person or a character

• Its depressing to see people treat homeless people in a disreputable way. 

5.endemic - native to an environment, regularly found among particular people or in a certain area

• Diseases that had been contagious had become endemic in the Europeans states. 

6.exemplary-Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind

• The student's representation was so exemplary it made the other students nervous. 

7.fathom -  measure of depth. to understand

• It was hard to fathom what his thesis was in his essay. 

8.guile-trick,  sly or cunning intelligence:

• The guile of the picture was that if you flipped it over you can see an old mans face in the trees.

 9.integrity- integrating thought speech and action, having strong moral principles; moral uprightness

• The teacher wanted to see who had the integrity to pick up whoever left trash by the desk.

10.itinerary - schedule or plan

• The camp leader tried to follow the itinerary so they could fit in all the activities before lunch. 

11.misconstrue-to misunderstand, interpret wrongly

• The student didn't realize he misconstrued the whole lesson until he got home to try to do his homework. 

12.obnoxious-rude, loud. abrasive

• His obnoxious attitude caused him to work on the project alone. 

13.placate- to calm down or satisfy

• He tried to placate his angry wife by buying her roses. 

14.placid- calm, not easily upset or excited

• The new mom wish her baby could be more placid, so she could have time to sleep. 

15.plagiarism-taking someones writing without permission

• The teacher warned the class that if they used plagiarism they would fail for the entire semester. 

16.potent- having great powerful, or influence

• Kings in the 1700s thought that if they were more potent they would have a stronger better country.

17.pretext- an excuse. text before the text

• The student tried to think of a good pretext to why he was five minutes tardy. 

18.protrude-to speak out, extend beyond or above the surface

• The little kids protruded among the fence to see the new neighbors moving in. 

19.stark-easy to see, sever or bare in appearance 

• The phone bill was a stark reminder of how much in debt the family was in.

20.superficial-shallow, existing on the surface

• Everyone thought the cheerleaders were superficial, and rude.