allude: suggest, call to attention indirectly, a hint.
ex: some authors like to allude the themes throughout the stories
clairvoyant: Ability to read minds
ex: Miss Cleo was known to be a clairvoyant psycic
conclusive decisive, final decision
ex: My moms answers to my questions are always very conclusive.
disreputable: Poor reputation
ex: Hitler is known to be a very disreputable man in history
endemic: Native to an environment
ex: The pilgrims were endemic when they came to America
exemplary: serving as a warning
ex: clouds are a exemplary that it is about to rain
fathom: to understand after much thought
ex: Most of the class began to fathom Young Goodman Brown after reflecting on it.
guile: trick
ex: She was beguiled into cleaning her room
integrity: moral principles
ex: My father is a man of integrity
itinerary: a planned route or journey
ex: She followed the itinerary her father built for her trip to China.
misconstrue: misinterpretation
ex: Her explanation was misconstrued by the class.
obnoxious: Abrasive, rude or loud
ex: My little sister is very obnoxious
placate: Calm down
ex: We were only able to placate the child for a few minutes after we told him the bad news
placid: calm and peaceful
ex: She is always very placid in high maintenance situations.
plagiarism: To take someone else's work and pass it as your own
ex: My friend thought it would be a good idea to plagiarize her report but the teacher caught her.
potent: powerful
ex: Some cheese's have very potent smells
pretext: a reason given for an action that is not the truth or and excuse
ex: The child decided to use a pretext to get out of trouble but was grounded in the end
protrude: to stick out or extend
ex: The dolphins fin protruded past the surface
stark: bare or obvious
ex: The teacher was stark mad when she caught the students cheating
superficial: shallow surfaced
ex: A lot of teenagers these days are superficial.
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