Vocab #5

 allude:  to refer casually or indirectly; to contain a casual or indirect reference. The man kept alluding the police. 

clairvoyant:  having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects oractions beyond the range of natural vision. The US in the 1800's was clairvoyant about the land in the west. 

 conclusive: serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing. The professors work on effects of gravity was conclusive to the others.

 disreputable:  not reputable; having a bad reputation; discreditable; dishonorable. People think the pit bull is a disreputable dog.

 endemic: natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place;native; indigenous . The cheetah has a endemic for being fast.

exemplary:  worthy of imitation; commendable. Steven Hawkins is exemplary.

 fathom:  a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chieflyin nautical measurements. Rock one fathom up ahead captain.

 guile: insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception.The government runs in a guile manner.

 integrity: adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty. The person who becomes president must have great integrity.

 itinerary: a detailed plan for a journey, ,especially  a list of places to visit; plan of travel. A traveler must have a itinerary plan on his trip. 

misconstrue: to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense;misinterpret.  Some people may think the the right to bear arms is misconstrue.

obnoxious: highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior. My sister is very obnoxious. 

 placate: to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry. 

 placid: pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters. The mood in the house was placid.

 plagiarism: an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author withoutauthorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: I just plagiarize by copying the definition.   

 potent: powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force. The c02 is potent to us.

 pretext: something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse. The authors purpose is in the pretext. 

 protrude: to project. Sorry I don't wish to protrude but you don't know what you are talking about.

 stark: extremely simple or severe. The child;s design was Starkey.

 superficial: being at, on, or near the surface. His his work work on the project was superficial.