FALSEHOOD Flashcards
FALSEHOOD
apocryphal, canard, chicanery, dissemble, duplicity, equivocate, ersatz, guile, mendacious, perfidy, prevaricate, specious
apocryphal (uh-POK-ruh-fuhl)
(of doubtful authenticity); false
canard (kuh-NAHRD)
(n.) false and usually derogatory story or rumor
chicanery (shi-KEY-nuh-ree)
deception
dissemble (dih-SEM-buhl)
to conceal the true nature; to put on the appearance of
duplicity
deceitfulness by double-dealing
equivocate
to use ambiguous expressions
ersatz (er-zahts)
substitute, artificial
guile
crafty deception designed to attain a goal
mendacious
habitually untruthful; false or untrue
perfidy
breach of faith or trust; faithlessness
prevaricate
lie, to deliberately make incorrect impression of someone
specious (SPEE-shuhs)
good only superficially
apocryphal, canard, chicanery, dissemble, duplicity, equivocate, ersatz, guile, mendacious, perfidy, prevaricate, specious
FALSEHOOD
