Thursday, October 4, 2007

Kelsie Stephens Vocab

Perfidious- to purposely trick someone.
1.adjective
2. ant-honest, syn-deceitful, and syn- double-crossing
3.



4. Halloween is the time when a person can be perfidious.




Probity- honesty and moral integrity.
1. noun
2. ant-perfidious, syn-sincerity, and syn- fairness.
3.




4. People that steal and cheat have no probity.



Scrupulous- having/ showing moral integrity.
1. adjective
2. ant- careless, syn- honorable, and syn- true.
3.




4. The scrupulous volunteer worked hard to make the orphan children smile.




Spurious- not genuine or valid.
1. adjective
2. syn- artificial, syn- phony, and syn- bogus.
3.


4. The spurious man agreed he would baby sit the children but he left right after the parents.



Stratagem-deceiving.
1.noun
2.syn- bobby trap, syn- twist, and con.
3.



4. Some of the advertisements on the television are stratagem by not showing how the product really works.

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