Thursday, October 11, 2007

Allysa Dowden

Veracity
1. Definition: can not tell a lie.
2. Part of Speech: noun, plural
3. Similar words: honesty, honor and truthfulness.
4. The lawyer was not known for his veracity.
5.Seperate sheet of paper.

Impugn
1. Definition: to doubt something or someone.
2. Part of Speech: verb
3.Similar words: slam, ap and zing.
4. I impugned my brother when he told me he made the team.
5.Seperate sheet of paper.

Impeccable
1. Definition: to be flawless.
2. Part of speech: adjective
3. Similar words: clean, correct and exact.
4. The modle had impleccable skin.
5. Seperate sheet of paper.

Duplicity
1. Definition: two-faced. Acting one way or saying something, and turning around and doing the opposite.
2. Part of speech: noun
3. Similar words: conning, decite and fraud.
4. Most presidents have a duplicity personality.
5. Seperate sheet of paper.

Subterfuge
1. Definition: try to cover something up.
2. Part of speech: noun
3. Similar words:con, dodge and play.
4. I wasnt hurt, it was a subterfuge so I didn't have to run in gym class.
5. Seperate sheet of paper.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Alyssa,
You sentence for 'Impeccable" needs proofreading.
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Duplicity is a noun. You are using it as an adjective in your sentence. In order for the sentence to be corrected, you need to use the adjective form of the noun (duplicitous).
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23/30 until I see pictures.