Thursday, October 4, 2007

Emily Z. Vocab

PERFIDIOUS
1.) To be faithless, decietful, trecherous
2.) Adj.
3.) False (S), Unfaithful (S), Loyal (A)
4.) The man was perfidious to his wife.

PROBITY
1.) Integrity, someone who has good morals.
2.) Noun
3.) Honor (S), Virtue (S), Correctness (S)
4.) A good role model displays probity.

SCRUPULOUS
1.) Someone who is carful and cautious
2.) Adj.
3.) Careful (S), Safe (S), Daring (A)
4.) She didn't go on the plane since she was so scrupulous.

SPURIOUS
1.) Not true or genuine
2.) Adj.
3.) Fasle(S), Fake (S), Real (A)
4.) The dollar she found on the ground was spurious.

STRATAGEM
1.) To plan, to trick
2.) Noun
3.) Deception (S), Trick (S), Game (S)
4.) The play the coach called was a stratagem.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Emily,
"Scrupulous" in the context of our theme of "honesty and Deceit" means being morally careful. (-1)