Words Of Concealment And Deception

Question 1

Assumed name

Answer 1

Alias

Question 2

Supplied or written by one whose name is not known or withheld

Answer 2

Anonymous

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Cache

Question 4

False, deliberately made-up report or story

Answer 4

Canard

Question 5

Secret agreement for a deceitful purpose; conspiracy

Answer 5

Collusion

Question 6

Swindle, after first gaining the confidence of the victim; trick; coax

Answer 6

Con

Question 7

Cooperate secretly with someone for a deceitful purpose; conspire

Answer 7

Connive

Question 8

Covered over; secret; surreptitious

Answer 8

Covert

Question 9

Having or appearing to have a hidden meaning; baffling; mysterious

Answer 9

Cryptic

Question 10

False front; artificial or superficial appearance

Answer 10

Facade

Question 11

Make a false show of; pretend; simulate; counterfeit

Answer 11

Feign

Question 12

Pretend to be some other person; assume the character of

Answer 12

Impersonate

Question 13

Lying in wait to entrap; crafty; treacherous

Answer 13

Insidious

Question 14

Present through invisible and inactive; potential

Answer 14

Latent

Question 15

Pretend to be ill or incapacitated so as to avoid work or duty

Answer 15

Malinger

Question 16

Condition of being withdrawn in a place hard to reach; solitude

Answer 16

Seclusion

Question 17

Induce someone to testify falsely

Answer 17

Suborn

Question 18

Trick or plan to conceal ones true objective; stratagem; deception

Answer 18

Subterfuge

Question 19

Depart secretly and hide, especially to avoid prosecution

Answer 19

Abscond

Question 20

Double-dealing; hypocritical deception

Answer 20

Duplicity