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1 Vocabulary 11A

2 Allude (v.) to refer to casually or indirectly
S: suggest, insinuate, hint at, intimate In his speech, the candidate alluded to his opponent’s lack of military experience.

3 Clairvoyant (adj.) supernaturally perceptive; (n.) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer S: (adj.) insightful, discerning, uncanny; (n.) visionary A: (adj.) blind, unseeing, myopic, dense, imperceptive Few people are taking in by the clairvoyant pronouncements of fortune-tellers and mediums. The police sometimes use clairvoyants to help them solve difficult missing-person cases.

4 Conclusive (adj.) serving to settle an issue; final
S: decisive, indisputable, convincing, definitive A: unsettled, provisional, indefinite When they weighed all the evidence in the case, the members of the jury found the testimony of the expert witness to be conclusive.

5 Disreputable (adj.) not respectable, not esteemed
S: disgraceful, discreditable, shady A: honest, aboveboard, respectable, creditable Supermarket tabloids frequently publish stories about the disreputable behavior of celebrities.

6 Endemic (adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field. S: indigenous, restricted to A: alien, foreign, extraneous Scientists have yet to identify many plant and animals species endemic to the rain forests.

7 Exemplary (adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
S: praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative A: infamous, notorious, scandalous, disreputable The Medal of Freedom is awarded to U.S. civilians for exemplary achievements in various fields.

8 Fathom (v.) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; (n.) a measure of depth in water S: (v.) grasp, comprehend, figure out, plumb It is sometimes difficult to fathom the motives behind another person’s actions. The great passenger liner Titanic still lies buried several thousand fathoms beneath the ocean’s surface.

9 Guile (n.) treacherous cunning, deceit
S: trickery, duplicity, chicanery A: candor, artlessness, naiveté, plain dealing Folklore has it that a serpent’s most outstanding trait is guile, just as a fox’s is craftiness.

10 Integrity (n.) honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness S: rectitude, probity A: dishonesty, corruption, turpitude Scholars debated the integrity of the text of a newly discovered poem attributed to Shakespeare.

11 Itinerary (n.) a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook
S: schedule, program Tour companies regularly provide potential customers with detailed itineraries of the trips they offer.


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