Showing posts with label 5th hour WFTRW 10/12/07. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Marissa's Vocab

Veracity
1. Noun
2. A truth, something correct.
3. Accurate, Honesty, Integrity
4. The detectives knew the man was innnocent because he spoke with veracity.

Impugn
1. Verb
2. Challenging a statement.
3. Attack, critisize, question.
4. Lwyers are very good at imougning a witness to get the right information out of them.

Duplicity
1. Noun
2. Trying to excape a punishment, hiding the truth.
3. Deceit, Fraud, Trick
4. It was not hard to see the mans duplicity when he talked because his eyes were looking all around and he was fidgiting a lot.

Impeccable
1. Adj.
2.Perfect, fultless or haveing no error.
3.Flawless, perfect, correct
4. The diamond was an impeccable shape and worht millions of dollars.

Subterfuge
1. Noun
2. hiding something, not showing the truth
3. deception, scheme, trick
4. The man went into hiding and his subterfuge plan came into action when he escaped the law.

Ryder's vocab.....

Veracity
Definition: truthful, power to tell/process truth
POS: noun
Related Words: authenticity, sincereness, truth
Sentence: The veracity of politicians is questioned by many people each and every day.
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Impugn
Definition: challenging something as false or lacking integrity
POS: transitive verb
Related Words: accuse, blame, indict
Sentence: Winston Smith impugned what O'Brien told him about 2+2=5.
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Impeccable
Definition: not capable of sinning (cannot tell lies)
POS: adjective
Related Words: flawless, immaculate, unsullied
Sentence: People must be impeccable when sitting on the stand during a trial.
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Duplicity
Definition: doubleness of thought, speech, or action
POS: noun
Related Words: double-minded, disloyalty, fraudulence
Sentence: The duplicity of man is brought forth heavily in the book, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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Subterfuge
Definition: deception in order to conceal, escape, or evade
POS: noun
Related Words: dodge, deception, trick
Sentence: The small cabin in the woods was used by the bank robber as a place to seek peaceful subterfuge.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Nick's vocab

Veracity
Description: a truth, fact, or accuracy.
POS: noun
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Related Words: actuality, credibility, exactitude
Sentence: The cops questioned the veracity of the felon's testimony.


Impugn
Description: to provide a doubt or to challenge.
POS: verb
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Related Words: assail, attack, contravene
Sentence: It was the cop's job to impugn the the felon's testimony.


Impeccable
Description: flawless or faultless.
POS: adjective
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Related Words: errorless, pure, unblemished
Sentence: The boy displayed impeccable manners while in the store.


Duplicity
Description: deceitfulness, or speaking and acting in two different ways.
POS: noun
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Related Words: fraud, falsehood, hypocrisy, guile
Sentence: The toddler showed duplicity while company was at the house.


Subterfuge
Description: a way used to escape consequence or punishment.
POS: noun
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Related Words: contrivance, stratagem, con, tactic
Sentence: The felon found subterfuge by faking an asthma attack.