verisimilitude

Day 78Level 2

ver-uh-si-MIL-i-tood

appearing true

appearing true or real

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

likelihood, probability, authenticity, credibility

Antonyms:

falsehood

Example Sentence:

To give verisimilitude to his poems he has used Indian words.

Related Words

pungent

AK-rid

sharp or pungent to taste or smell; caustic in language or tone

irreverent

FLIP-uhnt

making jokes about serious matters; characterized by levity

divide into voting districts

JER-i-man-der

to divide an area into voting districts to give unfair advantage to one party

impertinent

IM-pyuh-dunt

shamelessly bold; impertinent

insignificant

in-kon-si-KWEN-shuhl

not important ; insignificant

non-verbal defamation

LAHY-buhl

defamation by written or printed words etc. other than by spoken words