Lesson 8: Sneaky Sneaky Flashcards

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Guile

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(n) Trickery; deceit

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Beguile

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(v) to deceive with charm

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Stratagem

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(n) a deceitful scheme

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surreptitious

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(adj) deceptive; sneaky

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clandestine

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(adj) secret; hidden

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stealth

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(n) the ability to avoid detection; sneakiness

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duplicity

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(n) deceit; hypocritical deception

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Spurious

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(adj) fake; counterfeit

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Specious

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(adj) false, but plausible

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furtive

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(adj) secretive; sneaky

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Pseudonym

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(n) pen name

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Fallacious

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(adj) deceptive; false

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Rapacious

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(adj) greedy; ravenous

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