Thursday, September 27, 2007

Erika's Vocab

BELIE
1. To lie or lying, or to misrepresent
2. Verb
4. Contradict (s), Oppose (s), Deny (s)
5. The boys expression belied what he was feeling inside.
CLANDESTINE
1. Doing something sneakily
2. Adjective
4. Surreptitious (s), secret (s), underground (s)
5. He snuck his friends into his house in a clandestine manor.
COLLUSION
1. Two or more people secretly planning to do something
2. Noun
4. Conspiracy (s), Involvement (s), Complicity (s)
5. The collusion worked out well because they didn’t get caught.
DISSEMBLE
1. To cover up something such as your feelings
2. Verb
4. Mislead (s), Pretend (s), Act (s)
5. Her alias dissembled her from the way she normally looks and acts.
NEFARIOUS
1. Evil
2. Adjective
4. Wicked (s), Despicable (s), Immoral (s)
5. The students were planning nefarious schemes.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Erika,
When you say "manor" in your sentence for clandestine, you need to say "manner." "Manor" means (big) house.
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