Thursday, October 4, 2007

Lisa's Vocab

6. Perfidious

Description- being false or disloyal
POS- adjective
Synonyms- disloyal, untrue, lying
Sentences- I have never been a perfidious daughter to my mother.
7. Probity

Description- integrity and honesty
POS- noun
Synonyms- goodness, decency, integrity
Sentences- He has always been probity when it comes to work.
8. Scrupulous

Description- having morals and always acting right
POS- adjective
Synonyms- meticulous, careful, painstaking, fussy
Sentences- Yearbook is a very scrupulous class.
9. Spurious

Description- a false origin
POS- adjective
Synonyms- false, forged, unauthentic.
Sentences- They could tell it was a spurious signature on the check.

10. Stratagem

Description- a cleverly planned trick
POS- noun
Synonyms- trick, feint, ruse.
Sentences- The seniors powerderpuff stratagem brought a clean win.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Lisa,
"Probity" is a noun. You are using it as a verb. (-1)