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**List #11: clairvoyant, disreputable, exemplary, guile, itinerary, obnoxious, placid, potent, protrude, superficial, allude, conclusive, endemic, fathom, integrity, misconstrue, placate, plagiarism, pretext, stark**

Quiz April 4: write out definitions; compose sentences with context clues; synonyms; complete the sentence


 * allude (v.):** to refer to casually or indirectly


 * conclusive (adj.)**Serving to settle or end


 * clairvoyant (adj.):** able to see the future


 * disreputable (adj.):** not respectable


 * endemic:** (adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field


 * exemplary (adj.):** serving as a model; commendable


 * fathom:** (v.) to understand; get to the bottom of, determine the depth of (n.) a measure of depth

Atticus Finch always tried to //fathom// things from other people's perspectives.


 * guile (n.):** cunning

Odysseus used much guile when concocting plans against monsters.


 * integrity (n.):** honesty; high moral standards; and unimpaired condition, completeness


 * itinerary (n.):** route or outline; plan


 * misconstrue (v.):** interpret wrongly; misunderstand


 * obnoxious (v.):** annoying

Everybody in the class agrees that Ms. Shugrue thinks Bennett is //obnoxious// when he whistles.


 * placate (v.):** soothe, pacify


 * placid (adj.):** calm, serene, undisturbed

The //placid// dog looked completely unconcerned as a group of lively children gathered around to pet her.


 * plagiarism (v.):** passing of the writings of another person as one's own


 * potent (adj.):** powerful, strong


 * pretext: (n.)** false reason


 * protrude (v.):** to jut or thrust out

The branch //protruded// out of the tree in a manner that made walking on the sidewalk difficult for people.


 * stark (adj.):** harsh, unrelieved, desolate; utterly, completely

In __To Kill A Mockingbird__ Jem and Scout learned the //stark// reality that there is evil in the world.


 * superficial (adj.):** fake, shallow, on the surface