Showing posts with label 1st Hour w/o 10/8/07. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1st Hour w/o 10/8/07. Show all posts

Thursday, October 11, 2007

tyler cole's vocab

Verocity(noun)
-to observe or conform to the truth of or about something.
-Syn: accuracy, actuality, correctness
-We showed our verocity by going to church every Sunday.
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Impugn(Verb)
-To challenge something that you think is false.
-Syn: blast, break, challenge
- The football coach impugned the fumble.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Bill_Cowher_challenge.jpg/350px-Bill_Cowher_challenge.jpg

Impeccable(Adj)
-someone who is flawless at one or more things that they do.
-Syn: perfect, flawless, faultess
-I showed impeccable manners at the dinner table.
http://www.gymtidemedia.com/images/00PhotoAlbums/bigpage76/17_front_Maris_form_is_impeccable.jpg

Duplicity(Noun)
-Speaking and/or acting in more than one way.
-Syn: cunning, deciet, dirty dealing
-He showed duplicity with his boss day in and day out.
http://www.nwlaartgallery.com/JoannaTagert/duplicity.jpg

Subterfuge(Noun)
-used to evade a rule or consequence
-Syn: con, device, dodge.
-The marines used subterfuge skills to escape from enemy territories.
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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

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Dan O's Vocab

Veracity - almost perfectly truthful
POS - noun
Related Words - honest, accuracy, integrity (synonyms)
Sentence - No one can always speak with complete veracity because no one is perfect.
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Impugn - to argue with someone about something
POS - verb
Related Words - dispute, oppose, debate (synonyms)
Sentence - The two boys started to impugn about how the other boy's mom was so fat.
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Impeccable - perfect
POS - adjective
Related Words - flawless, faultless (synonyms) Michigan's government and economy (antonym)
Sentence - Thanks to the increases in taxes, Michigan's economy has gone from less than impeccable, to absolutly unimpeccable.
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Duplicity - speaking in two ways to trick someone
POS - noun
Related Words - deceiving, trickery, twofold (synonyms)
Sentence - I should have sensed the duplicity in his voice when he said to go out the door and oatmeal fell on my head (it was a prank).
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Subterfuge - a device used to get out of or avoid something
POS - noun
Related Words - con, strategem, dodge (synonyms)
Sentence - The man called in sick as his subterfuge to get out of work.
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