Vocab for 10/5

Perfidious

POS: adjective

Definition: when someone intentionally does something to hurt someone else

Related Words: deceptive, unreliable, untrustworthyS

entence: No one wants a perfidious prom date who will stand them up.

Probity

POS: noun

Definition: integrity and uprightness

Related Words: honor, honest, morality

Sentence: Teachers like students who are full of probity because then the students won’t cheat.

Scrupulous

POS: adjective

Definition: when one makes no mistakes and is careful about what they do and what is right

Related Words: critical, exact, fussy

Sentence: Natalie’s scrupulous behavior of walking around her car to make sure all the doors are locked annoys Molly.

Spurious

POS: adjective

Definition: Something is not real, but fake

Related Words: phony, artificial, bogus

Sentence: Spurious money does no good in the real world; in fact, it gets one into jail.

Stratagem

POS: noun

Definition: a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy

Related Words: con, game, gimmick

Sentence: The Army planned a stratagem so they could attack from both sides