Unit 11

(v.) to refer to casually or indirectly; suggest, insinuate, hint at, intimate

(adj.) supernaturally perceptive; (n.) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer; (adj.) insightful, discerning, uncanny; (n.) visionary

(adj.) serving to settle an issue; final; decisive, indisputable, convincing, definitive

(adj.) not respectable, not esteemed; disgraceful, discreditable, shady

(adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field; indigenous, restricted to

(adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model; praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative

(v.) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; (n.) a measure of depth in water; grasp, comprehend, figure out, plumb

(n.) treacherous, cunning, deceit; trickery, duplicity, chicanery

(n.) honesty; high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness; rectitude, probity

(n.) a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook; schedule, program

(v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of; misjudge, misinterpret

(adj.) highly offensive, arousing strong dislike; disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious

(v.) to appease, soothe, pacify; satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate

(adj.) calm, peaceful; undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene

(n.) passing off or using as one's own the writing (or other materials) of another person; piracy, theft

(adj.) powerful; highly effective; mighty, formidable, forceful

(n.) a false reason, deceptive excuse; pretense, cover story, retionale, evasion

(v.) to stick out, thrust forth; project, jut out, bulge

(adj.) harsh, unrelieved, desolate; (adv.) utterly; (adj.) sheer, downright, grim, bleak; (adv.) absolutely

(adj.) on or near a surfacel concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow; skin-deep, insubstantial, cursory, slapdash