Thursday, October 4, 2007

Perfidious:
  • Description- treacherous and deceitful.
  • Part of Speech- adjective
  • Related Words- betraying (s), unfaithful (s), honest (a)
  • Sentance- My sister was perfidious when she tattled on me.
Probity:
  • Description- To be honest and to have good integrity.
  • Part of Speech- Noun
  • Related Words- fidelity (s), sincerity (s), untrustworthy (a)
  • Sentance- The probity of the criminal surprised the judge.
Scrupulous:
  • Description- principled, doing nothing wrong.
  • Part of Speech- adjective
  • Related Words- precise (s), honorable (s), careless (a)
  • Sentance- My friend was very scrupulous, which was why she became valedictorian.
Spurious:
  • Description- not authentic or genuine
  • Part of Speech- adjective
  • Related Words- phony (s), Deceitful (s), real (a)
  • Sentance- I bought a cheap spurious necklace at the garage sale.
Stratagem:
  • Description- a plan or a trick
  • Part of Speech- noun
  • Related Words- method (s), plaot (s), forthrightness (a)
  • Sentance- The stratagem for the race was to start slow and gain speed later in the race.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

25/30 until I see pictures.