VCR6 Presentation
Katie Sutcliffe
Choose the Best Word from Lesson 6
An attorney hopes to ____ his client's innocence
aver (tr.v.)
to affirm; to declare or attest positively or dogmatically
n, averment
Roots
late Middle English (in the sense ‘declare or confirm to be true’): from Old French averer, based on Latin ad ‘to’ (implying ‘cause to be’) + verus ‘true.’
Synonyms
- affirm
- claim
- epmphasize
Antonyms
- deny
- discredit
- disprove
Choose the Sentence in Which the Word is Used Incorrectly
a. The presidential candidate's ads aver that he will be the best in office.
b. The speech and debate student had a very strong aver.
c. The teenager's averment was successful: her parents agreed to move her curfew from 9:00pm to 10:00pm.
d. The mom continued to aver that her son didn't anything wrong, unaware of the fact that he had gotten in a fistfight with one of his friends.
The correct answer is B
(the word is used as a noun, but is still in the verb form)