Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Ryan K Vocab

Veracity
  1. Utmost honesty; truthfulness.
  2. Noun
  3. Synonyms: creditability, honesty, integrity
  4. A golden halo often symbolizes the veracity of a cartoon character's intentions.


Impugn
  1. Challenging creditability as untrue; to doubt the truth of something.
  2. Verb
  3. Synonyms: asperse, censure, malign
  4. The duty of a judge is sometimes to impugn the ruling of the jury.

Impeccable
  1. Flawless; unchallengeable; without malformity
  2. Adjective
  3. Synonyms: flawless, perfect, unassailable
  4. The impeccable condition of the diamond fetched a high price at the auction.

Duplicity
  1. Doublespeak; a hidden, deceitful meaning in words.
  2. Noun
  3. Synonyms: deception, doublespeak, dissimulation
  4. The duplicity of the snake is widely known as what caused Adam and Eve to consume the forbidden fruit.
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Subterfuge
  1. An act meant to hide its true nature.
  2. Noun
  3. Synonyms: ruse, scheme, trick
  4. A pickpocket will often employ a subterfuge such as helping someone up, in order to steal the victim's money.

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