vocab->301-350

301	mosaic	7	N: art consisting of glass or stone tiles	There was a huge mosaic designed against the church’s side wall.	Time, History & Tradition
302	intuition	7	N: instinctive, irrational, knowledge ADJ: intuitive	The test was designed so that the test-takers would have to use their intuition as well as their academic skills.	Truth & Deception
303	presume	7	V: to assume without proof ADJ: presumption	In Twelfth Night, Viola presumed that Sebastian was dead, and vice versa, because they didn’t find each other after the storm.	Truth & Deception
304	imply	6	V: to suggest, to state indirectly N: implication	The little girl was implying that the other little girl’s mother was a bad mother.	Truth & Deception
305	insinuate	10	V: to make an indirect, often negative suggestion	The reporters made an insinuated suggestion that the witness was lying about how much he knew about the accident.	Truth & Deception
306	allege	10	V: to declare, report	She alleged temporary insanity while she was at the hospital.	Truth & Deception
307	assert	7	V: to make a claim, to state as true	She was not afraid of asserting herself so that people would listen to her.	Truth & Deception
308	testify	6	V: to give evidence for, often in court N: testimony	The defendant testified that she was innocent, because she was not a the scene of crime during the day that the event occurred.	Truth & Deception
309	certify	8	V: to provide evidence for	The birth certificate certified that her real father was not the same as her little brother.	Truth & Deception
310	decode	7	V: to figure out, interpret	The archaeologists were not able to decode the ancient language although they had been using an artifact similar to the Rosetta Stone.	Truth & Deception
311	enlighten	8	V: to shed light upon, to make clear	The lecture was designed to enlighten people about the truth about computers.	Truth & Deception
312	illuminate	6	V: to shed light upon, to make clear N: illumination	She used the illumination spell to brighten the dark room.	Truth & Deception
313	clarity	7	N: clearness, ability to be understood V: clarify	The teacher had to call the student up to clarify the theme of her poem, because he could not understand it.	Truth & Deception
314	fathom	10	(1) V: to come, to understand (2) N: a unit of water depth	(1) It took her months to fathom the truth about her sister being a mermaid. (2) The anchor went down for a while, because the ocean floor was 750 fathoms underwater.	Truth & Deception
315	feasible	9	ADJ: achievable, possible, able to be done	Leaving the Milky Way galaxy is something that scientists hope to once do, however, it is not feasible right now.	Truth & Deception
316	plausible	9	ADJ: possible, reasonable	She was awarded an innovative scientist award because of her plausible explanation for crop circles.	Truth & Deception
317	credible	8	ADJ: believable	The defense attorney questioned whether the witness’s side of the story was credible, because he was close friends of the criminal.	Truth & Deception
318	legitimate	6	ADJ: legal, authorized, valid V: to make legal, to authorize	People wondered whether the story was legitimate, and was comparable to the series of events that had recently happened.	Truth & Deception
319	acknowledge	7	V: to notice or accept	It took the students a little while to acknowledge that their teacher was dead.	Truth & Deception
320	frank	9	ADJ: honest, open	The criminal did not give a frank confession, and nobody believed his cover story, so he had a longer sentence.	Truth & Deception
321	integrity	6	N: (1) wholeness, unity (2) honesty	(1) The critic came in yearly to check on the company’s integrity. (2) People questioned the journalist’s integrity, because he always wrote about seemingly impossible events.	Truth & Deception
322	gullible	8	ADJ: easily deceived or tricked	The little boy was the victim of the big bullies because he was very gullible.	Truth & Deception
323	devise	8	V: to invent, to create a plan	The group devised a new plan to bring the adults back into the correct dimension.	Truth & Deception
324	devious	9	ADJ: misleading, deceitful	Her devious personality made it difficult to interact with her.	Truth & Deception
325	crafty	7	ADJ: sly, skilled in deception	Because he was very crafty, he was able to avoid eating his vegetables without his parents knowing.	Truth & Deception
326	wily	6	ADJ: sly, skilled in deception	Charlie proved too wily to be caught by his parents for not eating vegetables.	Truth & Deception
327	blatant	6	ADJ: obvious, offensive	She showed blatant disrespect towards her parents because they didn’t let her go the trip.	Truth & Deception
328	conspicuous	9	ADJ: obvious, easy to notice	Her chartreuse jacket made her conspicuous to her parents in the crowd.	Truth & Deception
329	confide	7	V: to tell a secret to, to entrust	She knew that she could confide in her friends, and they would keep the information confidential.	Truth & Deception
330	discreet	8	ADJ: respectful of privacy or secrecy N: discretion	She asked her friends to be discreet and keep the information top secret.	Truth & Deception
331	subtle	7	ADJ: fine, delicate, not obvious	She dropped subtle hints to her parents about wanting a car, but they looked over them.	Truth & Deception
332	oblivious	8	ADJ: lacking awareness, forgetful	The students were oblivious to the teachers deadly illness.	Truth & Deception
333	sarcastic	7	ADJ: ridiculing or making fun of	She spoke in a sarcastic tone, because she was annoyed at her sister.	Truth & Deception
334	cryptic	8	ADJ: difficult to understand or decipher	The ransom note was cryptic, and it was difficult to put the blame anyone.	Truth & Deception
335	enigma	8	N: a mystery, a difficult problem ADJ: enigmatic	The cause of mental illness has been a questioned enigma for years.	Truth & Deception
336	ambiguous	8	ADJ: unclear, having more than one possible meaning	The scientists were still ambiguous about what would happen after they turned on the sub-atomic particle project	Truth & Deception
337	dubious	8	ADJ: (1) doubtful, uncertain (2) disbelieving, not convinced	After her first song, people were dubious about her career in the music business.	Truth & Deception
338	skeptical	6	ADJ: disbelieving, doubting	She was skeptical about her socialite sister spending her time studying in the library.	Truth & Deception
339	absurdity	6	N: something unreasonable, contradictory, ridiculous	She laughed at the absurdity of washing her utensils in her drinking water.	Truth & Deception
340	delusion	9	N: a false belief, not real or logical	She was sent to the psychiatric ward because of her intense delusions and hallucinations.	Truth & Deception
341	mirage	10	N: illusion	He thought he saw a river cutting through the rod, but it was just a mirage.	Truth & Deception
342	distort	7	V: (1) to deform or alter an object’s original shape (2) to falsely change the meaning of something	(1) Looking inside a cup of water that contains a pencil distorts the image of the pencil. (2) Seaworld distorted their information about killer whales to hide the truth about killer whales.	Truth & Deception
343	obscure	6	ADJ: unclear, dark V: to make dark or unclear	The students found difficulty in trying to read Shakespeare because of its obscure language.	Truth & Deception
344	baffling	6	ADJ: puzzling and frustrating V: baffle	She was baffled when she watched the documentary Blackfish.	Truth & Deception
345	perplex	7	V: to confuse, to puzzle ADJ: perplexed, perplexing	The students were perplexed by their lab results because their teacher said to expect different results.	Truth & Deception
346	bewilder	8	V: to confuse, to puzzle	He was bewildered when he woke up in an airplane, even though he went to bed at home.	Truth & Deception
347	muddle	6	V: to confuse, mix up N: a confused or disorganized mess ADJ: muddled	The organization of the essay was muddled and confusing.	Truth & Deception
348	convoluted	8	ADJ: complex and intricate	The second book in the trilogy was so convoluted that the only way to understand it was by reading the first book.	Truth & Deception
349	contend	9	V: (1) to dispute or compete (2) to claim to be true	(1) Germany and Argentina contended in the finals of the 2014 World Cup. (2) The judge board contended that the gymnastics judge was biased by setting up a competition where they knew she would show her biased opinion.	Truth & Deception
350	contradict	5	V: to oppose or deny	In a counter-argumentative paragraph you are supposed to contradict the opposite opinion.	Truth & Deception