Thursday, October 11, 2007

Brittany D's Vocab Week 5

Veracity
Description: To have accuracy, or to be truthful in speech or statement.
POS: Noun
Synonyms: honesty, integrity, or accountability
Sentence: It takes great veracity to forgive someone when they have wronged you.
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Impugn
Description: Challenging someones motives or statement as being false.
POS: Verb
Synonyms: criticize, challenge, dispute
Sentence: Sometimes I impugn on some of my parents decisions.
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Impeccable
Description: Someone who is faultless or flawless.
POS: Adj.
Synonyms: accurate, precise, unblemished
Sentence: My dad's mom has impeccable manners.
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Duplicity
Description: Speaking or acting in two different ways with an intent to deceive.
POS: Noun
Synonyms: fraud, deceit, treachery
Sentence: When Judas kissed Jesus, he was acting with duplicity.
Picture: Separate

Subterfuge
Description: Escaping a consequence.
POS: Noun
Synonyms: dodge, maneuver, tactic
Sentence: Subterfuge is my sister, she never gets in trouble!
Picture: Separate

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Brittany,
Subterfuge is the use of a strategy to avoid or evade something. "...My sister uses many diffeerent subterfuges with my parents to avoid getting into troub.e...."
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