This week’s theme
A change of character: Act I

This week’s words
idiocracy
androgynous
casque
venous
veracity


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PRONUNCIATION:

(vuh-RAS-i-tee)

MEANING:

noun:
1. Truthfulness or accuracy.
2. Something true; a truth.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin verax (truthful), from verus (true). Earliest documented use: 1614.

USAGE:

“Though some doubt the story’s veracity, [Ernest] Shackleton is said to have recruited his compadres by placing in a newspaper an advert that read, ‘Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.’”
Patience and Endurance; The Economist (London, UK); Mar 12, 2022.

See more usage examples of veracity in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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