Thursday, October 4, 2007

Peter's Vocab

Perifidous
1. Perifidous: of; relating to; or characterized by
2. Part of Speech: adj.
3. Synonyms: unfaithful, untrue, faithless
4. She was a perifidous girl and no one trusted her.


Probity
1. Probity: adherence to the highest prinicpals and ideas
2. Part of Speech: noun
3. Synonyms: Honesty, uprightness, prove
4. The probity of his work is exceptional.

Scrupulous
1. Scrupulous: having moral integrity; being in strict regard to what is proper
2. Part of Speech: adj.
3. Synonyms: Painstaking, upright, careful
4. She is very scrupulous portrays the truth.

Spurious
1. Spurious: without having genuine qualities
2. Part of Speech: adj.
3. Synonyms: False, forged, fake
4. The picture was spurious and did not have the quality of the real one.


Stratagem
1. Stratagem: skill in trickery
2. Part of speech: noun
3. Synonyms: Trickery, cunningness, clever
4. His stratagem was good and he could trick anyone.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Peter:
"perfidious" ...of, relating to, or characterized by ...what? I'm curious. Especially because you used a Republic of Texas seal for your picture. (-1)
"scrupulous" Your sentence is imcomplete. (-1)