TRUTH AND DECEPTION CH. 9

Question 1

an act that goes beyond the limits of what is morally or legally acceptable

Answer 1

transgression

Question 2

a bad or evil act

Answer 2

misdeed

Question 3

to escape from somebody/something or avoid meeting somebody

Answer 3

evade something

Question 4

to not consider something; to treat something as unimportant

Answer 4

disregard something

Question 5

having or showing a desire to harm somebody or hurt their feelings, caused by a feeling of hate

Answer 5

malicious

Question 6

to support something that you think is right and make sure that it continues to exist

Answer 6

uphold something

Question 7

to state clearly and definitely that something is true

Answer 7

assert

Question 8

a dishonest person

Answer 8

crook

Question 9

done in a way that was planned, not by chance

Answer 9

deliberately

Question 10

a sum of money or something valuable that you give or offer to somebody to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest

Answer 10

bribe

Question 11

likely to make you believe something that is not true

Answer 11

deceptive

Question 12

the poisonous liquid that some snakes, spiders, etc. produce when they bite or sting you

Answer 12

venom

Question 13

important or well known

Answer 13

prominent

Question 14

behaving in a dishonest way by telling lies and making people believe things that are not true

Answer 14

deceitful

Question 15

too willing to believe or accept what other people tell you and therefore easily tricked

Answer 15

gullible

Question 16

often planning secretly to do something for your own advantage, especially by cheating other people

Answer 16

scheming

Question 17

to put facts, events, details, etc. together to make a story or a closely connected whole

Answer 17

weave

Question 18

not deserved or fair

Answer 18

unjust

Question 19

a person who cheats somebody in order to get something, especially money, from them

Answer 19

swindler

Question 20

connected with mental processes of understanding

Answer 20

cognitive

Question 21

a set of cognitive processes

Answer 21

executive function

Question 22

complete and not doubted

Answer 22

implicit

Question 23

to deceive someone, usually by making that person do something that they did not intend to do

Answer 23

dupe

Question 24

a trick; an act of cheating somebody

Answer 24

con

Question 25

to make an illegal copy of something in order to cheat people

Answer 25

forge something

Question 26

the act of deliberately making somebody believe something that is not true (= of deceiving them)

Answer 26

deception

Question 27

to make somebody/something look silly by laughing at them or it in an unkind way

Answer 27

ridicule something/somebody

Question 28

to delay or stop the progress of something

Answer 28

impede

Question 29

done or shared by all members of a group of people; involving a whole group or society

Answer 29

collective

Question 30

the limit of something, especially the limit of what is known about a particular subject or activity

Answer 30

frontier

Question 31

to accept behaviour that is morally wrong or to treat it as if it were not serious

Answer 31

condone something