🔎 Veracity: Most Important SAT Vocabulary

VERACITY most nearly means: A) voracity; B) audacity; C) tenacity; D) truthfulness. Answer inside. 👉️

VERACITY could very easily become the most important word/concept of the current generation.

‘Veritas’ (truth) is the motto of Harvard University. Photo by Xiangkun ZHU on Unsplash

📚️ Definition of Veracity

Veracity (noun): Conformity to facts; accuracy; habitual truthfulness. Example: doubting the veracity of a statement.

🗣️ Pronunciation of Veracity

• IPA: /vəˈræs.ə.ti/ (See IPA key)

• Respelling: vuh-RASS-uh-tee

📰 Examples of Veracity

Here are some examples of the word veracity:

• The journalist ensured the veracity of statistic she cited, as good journalists do.

• I had serious doubts about the veracity of Jake’s claim that he’d found a dinosaur fossil in his backyard.

• “Veracity is the heart of morality.” — Thomas Henry Huxley

• Verifying the veracity of online content is essential, especially because so many apocryphal claims spread quickly.

Quiz answer: D, truthfulness.

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