Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Kylie's Vocab

Belie
POS: Belie is a verb.
Description: It means that it isn’t true.
Synonyms: disagree, oppose, controvert
Sentence: Her smile belied her grief and pain.

Clandestine
POS: Clandestine is an adjective.
Description: Clandestine means something was a secret.
Synonyms: conceled, hidden, private
Sentence: The club held clandestine meetings during the summer for two years before our parents found out about it.

Collusion
POS: Collusion is a noun.
Description: Collusion means a secret agreement.
Synonyms: conspiracy, deceit, scam
Sentence: Some of the store’s employees were in collusion to rob the store.

Dissemble
POS: Dissemble is a verb.
Description: Dissemble basically means fake appearance.
Synonyms: disguise, dissimulate, feign
Sentence: He dissembled his innocence when he gave his testimony.


Nefarious
POS: Nefarious is an adjective.
Description: Nefarious means evil.
Synonyms: monstrous, bad, dreadful
Sentence: The stories' plot was nefarious.

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