Thursday, October 4, 2007

Eric Campau's Week 4 Vocab

Perfidious (adjective)

Description:
To intentionally be disloyal

Sentence:
That perfidious child never seems to be ungrounded.

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Related Words:
Deceitful (synonym),
Disloyal (synonym),
Unfaithful (synonym)

Probity (noun)

Description:
The state of being honest

Sentence:
His probity has earned him the description of trustworthy.

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Related Words:
Virtue (synonym),
Decency (synonym),
Integrity (synonym)

Scrupulous (adjective)

Description:
To make clear as to what principles one follows

Sentence:
The scrupulous teacher called a student’s parents immediately after discovering that the student was cheating on a test.

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Related Words:
Thorough (synonym),
Rigorous (synonym),
Meticulous (synonym)

Spurious (adjective)

Description:
To be falsely presented or a counterfeit; fake

Sentence:
The spurious twenty dollar bill was taken torn up and thrown away.

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Related Words:
False (synonym),
Forged (synonym),
Imitation (synonym)

Stratagem (noun)

Description:
A plan to fool an enemy or rival

Sentence:
Basketball, football, soccer, and baseball are all sports filled with stratagem.

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Related Words:
Trick (synonym),
Subterfuge (synonym),
Deception (synonym)

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Eric,
These are "dead on."
30/30