Thursday, March 27, 2008

VOCABULARY, March 27th

Vocabulary building is important for both reading comprehension and writing. Use the following two words (note the part of speech) in one sentence.

feckless (adjective) + veracity (noun)

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10 comments:

saraw said...

The au student vowed he would expedite through his myriad number of assignments.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: Sorry--the blog went out before I had changed the vocabulary question. Please try again with the new version.

saraw said...

Joe has been feckless with the car before which led his parents to now be concerned about his veracity.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: Very good:-)

Dina said...

Jacob, who was being feckless about the future for years, now experienced all the painful veracity about his current situation.

matt said...

The defendant was acquitted, as the judge believed the veracity of the witness was feckless.

Mathieu said...

He was feckless to have cheated on the exam, when instead, he should have shown signs of veracity.

Veronica Baig said...

Dina: Yes, but I would change the verb tense--I would make it past perfect to start with.
Matt: That doesn't quite make sense--if it were feckless, the judge wouldn't believe it;-)
Matthieu: A good sentence:-)

Milijana said...

Because of Edward’s feckless behavior, his colleagues lost faith in his veracity.

Veronica Baig said...

Milijana: Excellent sentence!