Thursday, October 4, 2007

Bo's Vocab Week 10/1


perfidious
1. deliberately deceitful

2. adj.

3. synonyms: unfaithful, disloyal, traitorous

4. The student was perfidious when they tried to explain why their homework was not done.

5. Lie Detector



Probity
1. integrity and honesty

2. noun

3. synonyms: morality, truthfulness, virtue

4. The court questioned the defendants probity.

5.


Scrupulous

1. having or showing a strict regard for what is right

2. adj.

3. synonyms: conscientious, careful antonym: careless

4. The knight was scrupulous.

5.




Spurious

1. not genuine, authentic, or true

2. adj.

3. synonyms: false, phony, imitation

4. Some might have seen Gilgamesh as a spurious hero in the beginning because he only cared about himself.

5.



Stratagem

1. a plan or scheme to surprise an enemy.

2. noun

3. synonyms: plan, scenario, setup

4. His stratagem allowed him to beat his oppent in chess.

5.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Bo:
Chess players have opponents, not oppents. (-1)
29/30