Showing posts with label WFTRW 5th hour 10/1/07. Show all posts
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Monday, October 8, 2007

Anthony's Vocab

Perfidious- to not serve diligently to someone or something
POS: adjective
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Sentence:
She is the most perfidious person I have ever met.
Related Words: Faithless, perfidy, untrustworthy

Probity-to act with the best morals or ideals
POS: Noun
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Sentence:
Probity is what he respects the most.
Related Words: uprightness, honesty, Middle English probite, from Latin probitat-, probitas, from probus honest

Scrupulous- knowing what is morally just
POS: adjective
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Sentence:
They chose her not to serve on the jury, because she was the most scrupulous.
Related Words: careful, proper, upright

Spurious-being connected or similar without having the same original qualities
POS: adjective
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Sentence:
He tried forging his signature, but it was too spurious.
Related Words: forged, false, illegitimate

Stratagem- something that involves trickery or an artifice
POS: Noun
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Sentence:
His stratagem worked perfectly.
Related Words: trick, art, ingenuity

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Stephanie Hood's vocab

Perfidious
  1. Adjective.
  2. Purposely hurting someone.
  3. Deceptive, unreliable, untrustworthy.
  4. I don't want a perfidious boyfriend.
  5. Pictures are separate.

Probity

  1. Noun.
  2. Honesty, uprightness.
  3. Honor, rectitude, virtue.
  4. I'm glad I have a boyfriend who is full of probity.
  5. Pictures are separate.

Scrupulous

  1. Adjective.
  2. Having principles.
  3. Punctual, rigorous, honorable.
  4. My scrupulous behavior makes my parents proud.
  5. Pictures are separate.

Spurious

  1. Adjective.
  2. To be fake, or counterfeit.
  3. Bogus, phony, pretend.
  4. I have never had someone give my spurious money given to me while I was at work.
  5. Pictures are separate.

Stratagem

  1. Noun.
  2. A plan or scheme.
  3. Con, deception, setup.
  4. The sting is full of business stratagems.
  5. Pictures are separate.