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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Brittany D's Vocab

Belie
Description: misrepresent
POS: verb
Synonyms: contradict, disagree, oppose
Sentence: The mans calm face belied his shaking hands.
Picture: separate

Clandestine

Description: Something that is done in secret, or as a deception
POS: adj.
Synonyms: concealed, hidden, private
Sentence: Spies usually do things in a clandestine form.
Picture: Separate

Collusion
Description: conspiracy, a secret agreement
POS: noun
Synonyms: con game, plot, double-cross
Sentence: A few of our presidents have preformed acts of collusion.
Picture: Separate

Dissemble
Description: conceal the truth
POS: verb
Synonyms: camouflage, falsify, cover up
Sentence: On the show, "The Office" Michael acts is very dissembled sometimes.
Picture: Separate

Nefarious
Description: villainous or monstrous
POS: adj.
Synonyms: corrupt, dreadful, infamous
Sentence: Cruella Devil is a very nefarious person!
Picture: Seperate


Tori's Vocab

Belie
POS: Belie is a verb.
Description: contradicting or proving wrong.
sentence: His grumbling complaints belied his smile.
Related Words: disprove, controvert, repudiate, refute

Clandestine
POS: Clandestine is an adjective.
Description: Clandestine means secretive or hidden.
Sentence: Their clandestine feelings were finally dealt with.
Related Words: hidden, underhand, confidential, illicit

Collusion
POS: Collusion is a noun.
Description: Collusion means a secret treaty or pact.
Sentence: Some friends were acting in collusion to pay back Andy.
Related Words: intrigue, connivance, complicity

Dissemble
POS: Dissemble is a verb.
Description: Dissemble means to put on a fake face or appearance.
Sentence: She dissembled her opinion on my new hair cut.
Related Words: hide, camouflage, dissimulate.

Nefarious
POS: Nefarious is an adjective.
Description: Nefarious means extremely evil or wicked.
Sentence: She glanced over and gave a nefarious smirk.
Related Words: infamous, vile, atrocious, execrable

Kyle's Vocab

Belie
1.) Belie is to tell a lie or something that isn't true.

2. verb.
3. Synonyms: lie, disapprove, contradict.

4. Many children belie to their parents about school work.
5.
<--Mr. Burns belies to everyone when he says he is nice.

Clandestine

1. Clandestine is doing something in secret.
2. adjective.
3. Synonyms: secret, undercover, stealthy.

4. Many guerrilla groups do clandestine acts.
5.


Collusion

1. A collusion is a secret agreement on illegal method.

2. noun.
3. Synonyms: conspiracy, involvement, knowledge.

4. The police never found the collusion.

5.


Dissemble

1. Dissemble is making people believe you’re Someone else
2. verb.
3. Synonyms: false, disguise, camouflage.

4. Many robbers dissemble their appearance after stealing.
5.


Nefarious

1. Nefarious means being evil and wicked.

2. adjective.

3. Synonyms: immoral, disreputable, wicked.

4. Many young boys are nefarious, but they don't know they are wrong.
5.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Kelsie Sullivan's Vocab

1. Belie
Description- To give a false representation to.
Part of Speech- Verb
Sentence- Their laughter belied their outward grief.
Related Words: (Syn.) misrepresentation, lying (Ant.) truth

2. Clandestine
Description- Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal something.
Part of Speech- Adjective
Sentence- I cheated very clandestinely.
Related Words- (Syn.) secret, sneaky, unknowing

3. Collusion
Description- A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose.
Part of Speech- Noun
Sentence- The poker dealer and I made collusion so I could win the game.
Related Words- (Syn.) cheat, conspiracy (Ant.) truthful

4. Dissemble
Description- To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance.
Part of Speech- Verb
Sentence- He wore a mask to dissemble his ugly face.
Related Words- (Syn.) disguise, conceal, pretend

5. Nefarious
Description- Infamous by way of being extremely wicked.
Part of Speech- Adjective
Sentence- Dr. Evil was a nefarious man.
Related Words- (Syn.) evil, sinful, vicious

Monday, September 24, 2007

nicole's Vocab




1. Belie
The part of speech is a verb.
To describe it, would be when something is shown to be wrong or feel differently towards.
A sentence is - He looked like a rich kid but the belie impression I had was wrong.
Some Antonyms are to descuise, contradict or to deny.




2. Clandestine
The part of speech is an adjective.
This is something held in or secretive.
A sentence is- The clandestine love affair between my neighboor and the gardener would not be found out until a month later.
Some synonyms are secritive, stealthy or surrepticious.



3. Collusion
The part of speech is a noun.
This word is something done in private for a gain that is unethical.
A sentence is- The collusion between the lawyer and his client was to defend the illegal.
Some synonyms are pacts, conspiracy and sceme.

4. Dissemble
This part of speech is a verb.
This word describes the ability to hide what is the truth.
A sentence is- Daren acted dissemble with his feelings toward Kathy.
Some synonyms are to conceal, cover, imitate.
5. Nefarious
The part of speech is an adjective.
To describe this word, it is when something acts in an evil behavior.
A sentence is- The nefarious villan in Spiderman has yet to win a battle.
Some Synonyms are vicious, sadistic or even wicked.