Vocab Unit 11 Flashcards
Clairvoyant
Supernaturally perspective; one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer
Syn: insightful, discerning, uncanny, visionary
Ant: blind, unseeing, myopic, dense, imperceptive
Allude
To refer to casually or indirectly
Syn: suggest, insinuate, hint at, intimate
Conclusive
Serving to settle an issue, final
Syn: decisive, indisputable, convincing, definitive
Ant: unsettled, provisional, indefinite
Disreputable
Not respectable, not esteemed
Syn: disgraceful, discreditable, shady
Ant: honest, aboveboard, respectable, creditable
Endemic
Native or confined to a particular region or people, characteristic of or prevalent in a field
Syn: indigenous, restricted to
Ant: alien, foreign, extraneous
Exemplary
Worth of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
Syn: praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative
Ant: infamous, notorious, scandalous, disreputable
Fathom
To understand, get to the bottom if; to determine the depth of
Syn: grasp, comprehend, figure out, plumb
Guile
Treacherous cunning, deceit
Syn: trickery, duplicity, chicanery
Ant: candor, artlessness, naïveté, plain dealing
Integrity
Honestly, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness
Syn: rectitude, probity
Ant: dishonesty, corruption, turpitude
Itinerary
A route of travel; a record if travel, a guidebook
Syn: schedule, program
Misconstrue
To interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
Syn: misjudge, misinterpret
Obnoxious
Highly offensive, at pushing strong dislike
Syn: disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious
Ant: agreeable, pleasing, engaging, personable
Placate
To appease, soothe, pacify
Syn: satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate
Ant: vex, irk, provoke, exasperate, annoy
Placid
Calm, peaceful
Syn: undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene
Ant: stormy, agitated, turbulent, tempestuous
Potent
Powerful; highly effective
Syn; mighty, formidable, forceful
Ant: weak, inept, feckless, powerless, ineffective
Pretext
A false reason, deceptive excuse
Syn: pretense, cover story, rational, evasion
Protrude
To stick out, thrust forth
Syn: project, jut out, bulge
Reparation
making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged
Syn: reimbursement
Stark
Harsh, unrelieved, desolate; utterly
Syn: sheer, downright, grin, bleak
Ant: bright, cheerful, embellished, ornate
Superficial
On or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what is on the sources, shallow
Syn: skin-deep, insubstantial, cursory, slapdash
Ant: deep, profound, thorough, exhaustive
