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Slander- false charges and malicious oral statement about someone
Mauricio’s mom tried to sue Tide for saying she was a liar, she told them that they were slandering her name.

Spurious- not genuine
His spurious claim that the Rockets were the best players in the NBA was funny to everyone who had seen them play.

Astute- shrewd; clever
She is astute; she never gets in trouble for not doing her homework.

Clandestine- secretive
The girls planned a clandestine attack on the school, but everything had to go according to plan in order for the plan to work.

Coup- a brilliantly executed plan
The coup went well thanks to the help of Kersia who had excellent spying skills.

Disingenuous- not straightforward; crafty
There are a few guys in the dorm that are disingenuous and that’s how people’s stuff ends up stolen.

Ruse- a crafty trick
The seniors are trying to figure out what would be the best ruse to pull on the whole school at the end of the year.

Stratagem- a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
Planting a tape record in Sarah’s purse was a clever stratagem to find out what she really felt about her friends.

Surreptitiously- done by secretive means
Kersia drank the wine surreptitiously because she didn’t want her parents to catch her.

Wary- on guard
My mother becomes wary every time I am at home alone because she watches to many CSI episodes.

Wily- cunning
Each year it is said that a new batch of wily seniors comes around and tortures the teachers.

Ambiguous- open to more than one interpretation
My cousin’s eyes are ambiguous sometimes I think they are green and other times they look as if they are hazel.

Ambivalent- simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
He had ambivalent feelings about his first year in college; on the one hand he was excited to be out of high school but on the other he was scared to be out on his own.

Apathetic- feeling or showing little emotion
The class had apathetic looks on their face when the teacher told them about their problems.

Arbitrary- determined by impulse rather than reason
The teachers made an arbitrary decision when they said that we could not wear pajamas to school.

Capricious- impulsive and unpredictable
My mom’s capricious attitude made all of us mad when she blamed us for things that we didn’t even do.

Equivocate- to avoid making a definite statement
My brother always tries to equivocate his answers by saying could or may so that I can’t disprove him.

Indifferent- not caring one way or the other
When Cesar asked me if it was ok for him to be on my team for fields day I shrugged my shoulders because I was indifferent to the whole thing.

Spontaneous- unplanned; naturally occurring
During class she spontaneously jumped up and began to dance while the teacher was talking.

Whimsical- subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
Everyone knew she was whimsical so they would wait in class for her to do something that would be out of the ordinary.

Inconsequential- unimportant
She thought that bringing her book to class was inconsequential, but it turned out that she needed it for the day.

Superficial- concerned with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
They all thought she was superficial because all she was concerned with was having expensive clothes and shoes.

Tenuous- having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak
Luis’ grasp on the concept of doing your homework on time was tenuous so he never understood why he would get low grades.

Trivial- of little importance or significance
Yesenia felt that doing her hair today was trivial since everyone had already seen it messy anyway.

Assiduous- hard-working
We try to tend the garden at school with assiduous attention but there is just too much to do.

Compelling- forceful; urgently demanding attention
Daniela never fought for the voice of the students so she gave the seniors a compelling reason to vote for a new president.

Diligent- marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
The class worked diligently on their projects because they knew that it would be their final grade for the year.

Dogged- stubbornly preserving
Aby’s first attempts to learn how to ride a horse ended in failure, but her dogged efforts later led to her success.

Endure- to put up with; to survive a hardship
It was difficult for the juniors to endure the 2 hour lecture that they were given in class the other day.

Intrepid- courageous; fearless
If Ivan joins the military he will have to be an intrepid solider, not afraid to do anything.

Maverick- one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
Sometimes I wish I could be a maverick and break rules and do things my own way.

Obdurate- stubborn; inflexible
I’m glad that my class is not obdurate because then we would never get anything figured out.

Obstinate- stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
Even though they begged him for an extension David was obstinate to give them the extra day.

Proliferate- to grow or increase rapidly
The number of ipod touches on campus has proliferated from one to thirty- one.

Tenacity- persistence
Because of her tenacity she was always willing to go after what she wanted and get it.