Thursday, October 4, 2007

Dan O. Vocab Week of Oct 1

Perfidious - to purposefully be dishonest
POS - Adjective
Related Words - deceptive, disloyal, untruthful (synonyms)
Sentence - The boy made a perfidious excuse to his mother.
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Probity - honest
POS- Noun
Related Words - sincere, truthful, integrity (synonyms)
Sentence - Because I showed probity when I told my teacher that I didn't do the assignment, I was given an extra day to do it.
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Scrupulous - to have strict rules for what is right
POS - Adjective
Related Words - conscious, true, cautious (synonyms)
Sentence - Surgeons have a scrupulous system of rules and procedures they need to follow.
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Spurious - without authenticity
POS - Adjective
Related Word - counterfeit, false, forged (synonyms)
Sentence - The cashier wouldn't accept the cash because it was spurious money.
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Stratagem - to plot against someone
POS - noun
Related Words - prank, ploy, con (synonyms)
Sentence - Home Alone is filled with stratagems to scare off the burglars.
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1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Dan,
Scrupulous surgeons are not necessarily morally scrupulous (Theme of honesty and deceit).
30/30