falsehood Flashcards by Khristina Ipapo | Brainscape

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canard

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a lie

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apocryphal

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questioning authenticity or validity

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chicanery

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deception by means of craft of guile

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dissemble

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false apperance

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duplicity

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twofold; deceptive words or actions

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equivocate

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ambiguous language

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erroneous

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mistaken; error

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ersatz

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fake

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fallacious

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fallacy; delusive

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feigned

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pretend; dissemble

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guile

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deception by crafts

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mendacious/mendacity

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false

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perfidy

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faithless; disloyal

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prevaricate

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deviate from the truth

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specious

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plausible but fallacious

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spurious

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falsified