Word of the Week!

This week's awesome word is ALLEGE.

allege verb To state something is positively true; to accuse a person of doing something wrong without showing proof.

This could be a replacement for said (yuck!).

After the food fight in the cafeteria, the teacher asked Mary is she could allege Bob had thrown the first pea.

All the other students alleged he had done it.

Allegedly can also be used as an adjective.  It means what supposedly happened.

He allegedly started the food fight because he was still upset about an argument they'd had in social studies.

And if referring to a person who has been accused of something, alleged can be an adverb.

He is the alleged pea thrower.