Thursday, October 4, 2007

Deannas vocab

PERFIDIOUS
Definition: deliberately faithless, treacherous, deceitful
Part of Speech: adjective
Sentence: The perfidious girl was dating 5 different guys.
PROBITY
Definition: integrity and uprightness, honesty
Part of Speech: noun
Sentence: The teacher had probity when he gave his favorite student the awful grade he deserved.
SCRUPULOUS
Definition: having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right, principled.
Part of Speech: adjective
Sentence: I have a very scrupulous attitude about following rules.
SPURIOUS
Definition: not genuine, authentic, or true. Not from the claimed, pretended or proper source: counterfeit.
Part of Speech: adjective
Sentence: The man got caught when he tried to pay with spurious cash.
STRATAGEM
Definition: plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
Part of Speech: noun
Sentence: The boy thought up a stratagem when he was plotting something evil against his sister.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Good job, Deanna
30/30