Vocabulary #5

1. Allude: To refer to something the author thinks you should know.
Young Goodman Brown is an allusion to Adam and Eve.
2. Clairvoyant: Able to preceive things beyond the senses.
A clairvoyant person told me my future for twenty dollars.
3. Conclusive: Final; being decisive.
I have made a conclusive decision about what to eat.
4. Disreputable: Of poor reputation.
My dog has a disreputable life of peeing on the carpet.
5. Endemic: Widespread in a particular place.
There is an endemic flock of flamingos in Santa Barbara.
6. Exemplary: Of noteworthy importance; example; model.
My class has two exemplary students who always do their work.
7. Fathom: Understand; measure of notical depth.
I was not able to fathom what my mom was trying to tell me.
8. Guile: Trickiness; cleverness.
She is full of guile ideas.
9. Integrity: Integrate thought, word or deed.
My mom has a lot of integrity.
10. Itinerary: A trip schedule.
The itinerary for Mexico is full of adventures.
11. Misconstrue: Misunderstood; misrepresent.
My dad misconstrued what I was trying to tell him.
12. Obnoxious: Rude; loud.
The girl on her phone in the theater is very obnoxious.
13. Placate: Calm down or satisfy.
We tried to placate my dog for his shot.
14. Placid: Calm or peaceful.
There is a sense of a placid aroma in my house.
15. Plagiarism: Taking someones work and representing it as your own.
I overslept, so I used plagiarism to write my essay.
16. Potent: Powerful.
There is a potent smell in my kitchen from all the food.
17. Pretext: Rational; reason for doing something.
I have a pretext for stealing the cup.
18. Protrude: Stick out.
Her tounge was protruding from her mouth.
19. Stark: Obvious or clear.
It is very stark that I have blue eyes.
20. Superficial: Shallow or surface level.
My skin is superficial to my bones.