Thursday, September 27, 2007

Bethanie Marbles vocab

Belie
description: to misinterpret
pos:verb
related words: refute, disprove, controvert
sentence: The news stations belied the facts.

Clandestine
description: to do something secretly
pos:adj
related words: hidden, confidential, underhand
sentence: The principals had a clandestine meeting about the students.

collusion
description: a secret agreement
pos: noun
related words: intrigue, connivance, complicity
sentence: My parents were in collusion about the divorce.

dissemble
description: to give a false appearance.
pos: verb
related words: mask, hide, camouflage
sentence: The mask was a way of dissembling my face.

nefarious
description: extremely wicked.
pos: adj
related words: evil, flagitious, heinous
sentence: The robber had a nefarious plot.