Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Ryan K Vocab

Belie
  1. To cancel out; falsify; unmask.
  2. Verb
  3. Synonyms: refute, gainsay, controvert
  4. Post offices place a rubber stamp over the postage mark to belie its use in the future.

Clandestine
  1. Done secretly; "behind closed doors"; "behind the scenes".
  2. Adjective
  3. Synonyms: underhand, confidential, hidden
  4. James Bond is no stranger to the clandestine world of a secret agent.

Collusion
  1. A secret meeting or agreement; conspiracy.
  2. Noun
  3. Synonyms: connivance, complicity, conspiracy
  4. In the movie series Austin Powers, Dr. Evil could often be found in collusion with crooked businessmen, assassins, and evil overweight Irishmen.

Dissemble
  1. Giving a false impression; hiding a true nature.
  2. Verb
  3. Synonyms: camouflage, mask, hide
  4. To dissemble his scared face, the phantom of the opera was known to where a pearly white theater mask.

Nefarious
  1. Extremely wicked or evil; villainous.
  2. Adjective
  3. Synonyms: heinous, vile, infamous
  4. Perhaps one of the most nefarious movie villains, the Wicked Witch of the West troubled Dorthy all through the journey to the Emerald City.

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