Thursday, October 4, 2007

alex p vocab



perfidious
1. deceitful of lying
2. adjective
3. disloyal, false, and traitorous
4. The perfidious criminal kept getting his story mixed up.






Probity
1. to be honest and have integrity
2. noun
3. goodness, decency, integrity
4. The probity of the doctor let you put your trust in him.


Scrupulous
1. Having a sense of morals
2. adjective
3. conscientious, cautious, moral
4. The scrupulous girl always went to church.






Spurious
1. false or not true
2. adjective
3. false, forged, unauthentic
4. The spurious cash was easily detected.


Strategem
1. To trick someone to gain advantage
2. Noun
3. Deception; Ploy; Scheme
4. His strategem at chess was flawless.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Good job, Alex.
30/30