bryant's vocab

Veracity
1. correctness, a truth
2. noun
3. Syn: honesty, integrity, credibility
4. The veracity of the statement was questioned when the two stories did not match up.
Impugn
1. challenging someone’s statement, motive, etc. as false
2. verb
3. Syn: attack, malign, criticize
4. The lawyer impugned the witnesses’ statement to make it look as if she committed the murder.
Impeccable
1. faultless, flawless
2. adj
3. Syn: accurate, correct, errorless
4. The impeccable essay awarded the student admission to the University of Michigan.
Duplicity
1. deceitfulness in speech or conduct
2. noun
3. Syn: deceit, falsehood, fraud
4. The duplicity in the congressman’s debate allowed everyone to observe that he was lying.
Subterfuge
1. to hide something, to evade a rule or consequence
2. noun
3. Syn: deception, scheme, trick
4. Wealthier people more frequently are able to use subterfuge because they have lots of money.