Vocab 11 | Level E (Synonyms)

Sadlier Oxford, Level E, Unit 11

allude

allude

SYNONYMS: suggest, insinuate, intimate

clairvoyant

SYNONYMS: (adj) insightful, discerning, uncanny, (noun) visionary

conclusive

SYNONYMS: decisive, convincing, definitive ANTONYMS: unsettled, provisional, indefinite

disreputable

SYNONYMS: disgraceful, discreditable, shady

endemic

SYNONYMS: indigenous, restricted to

exemplary

SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative

fathom

SYNONYMS: (verb) grasp, figure out, plumb

guile

SYNONYMS: trickery, chicanery

integrity

SYNONYMS: rectitude, probity

itinerary

SYNONYMS: schedule, program

misconstrue

SYNONYMS: misjudge, misinterpret

obnoxious

SYNONYMS: disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious

placate

SYNONYMS: satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate

placid

SYNONYMS: undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene

potent

SYNONYMS: mighty, formidable, forceful

pretext

SYNONYMS: pretense, cover story, rationale, evasion

protrude

SYNONYMS: project, bulge

reparation

SYNONYMS: compensation, damages, redress

stark

SYNONYMS: (adj) sheer, downright, grim, bleak, (adv) absolutely

superficial

SYNONYMS: skin-deep, insubstantial, cursory, slapdash