Question

veracity We haven't been able to check the veracity of most of his story, but we know he wasn't at the motel that night. vərˈæsɪti

Accepted Answer

(1) Truth or accuracy. (2) The quality of being truthful or honest. People often claim that a frog placed in cold water that then is gradually heated will let itself be boiled to death, but the story actually lacks veracity. We often hear that the Eskimo (Inuit) peoples have dozens of words for “snow,” but the veracity of the statement is doubtful, since Eskimo languages seem to have no more snow words than English (with flake, blizzard, powder, drift, freezing rain, etc.). In 2009 millions accepted the veracity of the claim that, against all the evidence, the elected president wasn't a native-born American. Not all the “facts” we accept without thinking are harmless

word	veracity
definition	(1) Truth or accuracy. (2) The quality of being truthful or honest.
eg_sentence	We haven't been able to check the veracity of most of his story, but we know he wasn't at the motel that night.
explanation	People often claim that a frog placed in cold water that then is gradually heated will let itself be boiled to death, but the story actually lacks veracity. We often hear that the Eskimo (Inuit) peoples have dozens of words for “snow,” but the veracity of the statement is doubtful, since Eskimo languages seem to have no more snow words than English (with flake, blizzard, powder, drift, freezing rain, etc.). In 2009 millions accepted the veracity of the claim that, against all the evidence, the elected president wasn't a native-born American. Not all the “facts” we accept without thinking are harmless
IPA	vərˈæsɪti

Veracity Claim Eskimo Words Truth Accuracy Quality Truthful