Vocabulary #6 Flashcards

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Alias

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Assumed name

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Abscond

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Depart secretly and hide, especially to avoid persecution

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Cache

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Safe place for hiding and storing treasures, supplies, etc.

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Collusion

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Secret agreement for a deceitful purpose: conspiracy

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Con

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Swindle after first gaining the comments of the victim; trick; coax

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Covert

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Covered over; secret; surreptitious

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façade

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False front: artificial or superficial appearance

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feign

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Make a false show love; pretend; simulate; counterfeit

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Insidious

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Lying in wait to entrap; crafty; treacherous

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Subterfuge

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Plan our trip to conceal one’s true objective;stratagem; deception

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