Thursday, October 4, 2007

Nick's vocab

Perfidious
1. Description: Treacherous or deceitful.
2. POS: Adjective
3. Picture:








4. Related Words: unfaithful, disloyal, traitorous
5. Sentence: The boy was perfidious as he did not go where he said he was going.


Probity
1.Description: Having strong morals, complete integrity.
2.POS: Noun
3. Picture:







4.Related Words: honesty, integrity, uprightness
5.Sentence: The probity of a salesman is very low.


Scrupulous
1.Description: Conscientious and exact, principled
2.POS: Adjective.
3. Picture:





4. Related Words: conscientious, careful, cautious
5. Sentence: A neurosurgeon’s work must be scrupulous in order for it to be a success.
Spurious
1. Description: Lacking authenticity or truthfulness.
2. POS: Adjective
3. Picture:





4. Related Words: false, counterfeit, feigned
5. Sentence: The signature on the permission slip was spurious.
Stratagem
1. Description: A plan or trick used to deceive an enemy.
2. POS: Noun
3. Picture:








4. Related Words: deception, intrigue, contrivance
5. Sentence: As we played paintball we formed a stratagem in order to defeat our foes.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Great job, Nick!
30/30