Thursday, October 11, 2007

Evan Hills' Vocab

Veracity-
1. Relating to the total and complete truth.
2. Noun
3. accuracy, exactitude, fidelity ( synonyms)
4. The veracity of the witness' testimony was very evident.
5. http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutally_honest/images/2007/07/08/sumpletruth.gif

Impugn-
1. To challenge or question something that is false or questionablly correct.
2. Verb
3. flatter, praise, support (antonyms)
4. To impugn my mothers consequence for staying out too late, would be like asking for more punishments.
5. http://www.outragedcitizen.com/img/citizen_logo.gif

Impeccable-
1. Perfect or without any flaw.
2. adjective
3. blemished, corrupt, defective
4. I thought that the weather this past summer was absolutely impeccable.
5. http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1418524203014980569

Duplicity-
1. Any act or notion of deceit or dishonesty.
2. noun
3. forthrightness, honesty, trustworthiness (antonyms)
4. By showing that she would lie, cheat, and steal so that she could be famous, clearly displayed her duplicity.
5. http://www.thelittlehencompany.com/ekmps/shops/smithsonuk/images/robber_with_swag.jpg

Subterfuge-
1. A tricky or deceptive under the counter strategy for something.
2. noun
3. stratagem, ploy, jig (synonyms)
4.The Robbers subterfuge definitely did not turn out as planned seeing that they were caught instantaneously.
5. http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoonists/rha/lowres/rhan3651.jpg

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Evan,
Impugn is a transitive verb that means to question the veracity of someone or something. Your mother might give you a conseguence because she can impugn your actions or truthfullness.(-1)
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