SAT Vocabulary Belie

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	belie Definition: give a false impression or disguise the true nature of Synonym: contradict
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	External definitions: be·lie (b -l ) tr.v. be·lied , be·ly·ing , be·lies 1. To picture falsely; misrepresent: James Joyce. 2. To show to be false: Their laughter belied their outward grief. 3. To be counter to; contradict: At first glance, life at the boarding school seemed to belie all the bad things I had heard about it. [Middle English `bilien`, from Old English `bel ogan`, to deceive with lies ; see `leugh-` in Indo-European roots]. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. be·li er n.