Showing posts with label w/o 9/24/07. Show all posts
Showing posts with label w/o 9/24/07. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Jennifer's voab

Belie
1. Description: To tell something that is not true.
2. Part of Speech: It is a verb.
3. Picture:
4. Related words include: disguise (synonym), false (synonym), and contradict (synonym).
5. Sentence: Celebrities might belie in order to stay stay famous.

Clandestine
1. Description: To keep something secret.
2. Part of Speech: It is an adjective.
3. Picture:
4. Related words include: conceal (synonym), undisclosed (synonym), and obvious (antonym).
5. Sentence: The clandestine documents were kept in a cabinet.

Collusion
1. Description: When a person makes a secret agreement with someone else, even if it involves carrying out an illegal action.
2. Part of Speech: It is a noun.
3. Picture:
4. Related words include: conspiracy (synonym), consent (synonym), and approval
(synonym).
5. Sentence: The collusion took place at a downtown building.

Dissemble
1. Description: To put on a disguise and hide from real appearance.
2. Part of Speech: It is a verb.
3. Picture:
4. Related words include: simulate (synonym), conceal (synonym), and obsolete (synonym).
5. Sentence: The robber dissembled himself as a businessman.

Nefarious
1. Description: When a person is wicked and cruel.
2. Part of Speech: It is an adjective
3. Picture:
4. Related words include: evil (synonym), friendly (antonym), and reputable (antonym).
5. Sentence: The nefarious ruler was disliked by everyone.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Ryan K Vocab

Belie
  1. To cancel out; falsify; unmask.
  2. Verb
  3. Synonyms: refute, gainsay, controvert
  4. Post offices place a rubber stamp over the postage mark to belie its use in the future.

Clandestine
  1. Done secretly; "behind closed doors"; "behind the scenes".
  2. Adjective
  3. Synonyms: underhand, confidential, hidden
  4. James Bond is no stranger to the clandestine world of a secret agent.

Collusion
  1. A secret meeting or agreement; conspiracy.
  2. Noun
  3. Synonyms: connivance, complicity, conspiracy
  4. In the movie series Austin Powers, Dr. Evil could often be found in collusion with crooked businessmen, assassins, and evil overweight Irishmen.

Dissemble
  1. Giving a false impression; hiding a true nature.
  2. Verb
  3. Synonyms: camouflage, mask, hide
  4. To dissemble his scared face, the phantom of the opera was known to where a pearly white theater mask.

Nefarious
  1. Extremely wicked or evil; villainous.
  2. Adjective
  3. Synonyms: heinous, vile, infamous
  4. Perhaps one of the most nefarious movie villains, the Wicked Witch of the West troubled Dorthy all through the journey to the Emerald City.