Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Ashley Botham Vocab

Veracity

Description: truthfulness, fact
Part of Speech:
noun
Related Words
: honesty, integrity, credibility.
Sentence
: The vice president spoke with great veracity.
Picture
: On separate sheet.

Impugn

Description
: to challenge, or doubt
Part of Speech:
verb
Related Words
: attack, dispute, cross
Sentence
: The defense lawyer impugned the prosecuting lawyer.
Picture:
On separate sheet.


Impeccable

Description: flawless, incapable of sin.
Part of Speech:
adjective
Related Words:
accurate, correct, exact
Sentence:
The gymnast landed her bar routine impeccably.
Picture: On separate sheet.


Duplicity

Description
: speaking or acting in two different ways, twofold.
Part of Speech
: noun
Related Words
: deception, double-dealing, dishonest
Sentence
: The duplicity in the criminals voice was confusing the jury.
Picture:
On separate sheet.


Subterfuge

Description: escape a consequence, hide something
Part of Speech:
noun
Related Words
: scheme, dodge, and trick
Sentence
: The subterfuge in the child’s voice got her out of her grounding.
Picture:
On separate sheet.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Ashley,
Good job, ...You have the correct definition/sentence for "impugn" but I'm not sure what soccer (your picture) has to do with the word.
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