Week 5 Flashcards by Erin O'Connell

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duplicity

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falseness of character

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chicanery

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scheming; trickery

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subterfuge

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trick to gain advantage

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dupe

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to trick

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perfidious

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faithless to one’s word

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abscond

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to sneak away

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NR dup

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two

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NR plac

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please

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NR sub

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below

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NR fide

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belief

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NR ab

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away

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mendacious

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characterized by dishonesty

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foist

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to place an unwelcome burden

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duress

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force or threats to obtain compliance

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cabal

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a secret group

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fabricate

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to lie; to make up

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charlatan

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trickster

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NR mend/ment

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lie

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NR dur

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hard

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NR fabric

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create

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fawning

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excessive flattery

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fulsome

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obnoxious through excessive praise

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artifice

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a lie of convenience

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usurp

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to size unlawfully or by force

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guile

A

cleverness; trickery

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prevatication

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dishonest or evasive statements

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NR artific

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created by man

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NR vari/veri

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truth

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guise

A

surface appearance

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fallacious

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based on faulty reasoning

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feint

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to make a deceptive move

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canard

A

an unproven lie or rumor

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factitous

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artificially created

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repress

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to hold back opinions or emotions

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NR falt

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defect

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NR fac/fec

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creative

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NR press

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push; convey