Week 5 Flashcards

1
Q

duplicity

A

falseness of character

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2
Q

chicanery

A

scheming; trickery

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3
Q

subterfuge

A

trick to gain advantage

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4
Q

dupe

A

to trick

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5
Q

perfidious

A

faithless to one’s word

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6
Q

abscond

A

to sneak away

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7
Q

NR dup

A

two

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8
Q

NR plac

A

please

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9
Q

NR sub

A

below

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10
Q

NR fide

A

belief

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11
Q

NR ab

A

away

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12
Q

mendacious

A

characterized by dishonesty

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13
Q

foist

A

to place an unwelcome burden

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14
Q

duress

A

force or threats to obtain compliance

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15
Q

cabal

A

a secret group

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16
Q

fabricate

A

to lie; to make up

17
Q

charlatan

A

trickster

18
Q

NR mend/ment

A

lie

19
Q

NR dur

A

hard

20
Q

NR fabric

A

create

21
Q

fawning

A

excessive flattery

22
Q

fulsome

A

obnoxious through excessive praise

23
Q

artifice

A

a lie of convenience

24
Q

usurp

A

to size unlawfully or by force

25
Q

guile

A

cleverness; trickery

26
Q

prevatication

A

dishonest or evasive statements

27
Q

NR artific

A

created by man

28
Q

NR vari/veri

A

truth

29
Q

guise

A

surface appearance

30
Q

fallacious

A

based on faulty reasoning

31
Q

feint

A

to make a deceptive move

32
Q

canard

A

an unproven lie or rumor

33
Q

factitous

A

artificially created

34
Q

repress

A

to hold back opinions or emotions

35
Q

NR falt

A

defect

36
Q

NR fac/fec

A

creative

37
Q

NR press

A

push; convey