veracious

/vuh-RAY-shus/adjective

habitually truthful; accurate

A veracious witness is worth a dozen enthusiastic ones.
Synonyms
truthful, honest, accurate
Antonyms
mendacious, deceitful
Root
ver- (truth)
Memory hook
ver (truth) + acious: full of truth.

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