Vocabulary Lesson 10 (Honesty and Deception)

Meant to trick; not straightforward; shifty

Departing from the correct or accepted way

Departing for the straight or direct course; roundabout

• guile

• devious

• veracity

• duplicity

Deliberate deception in behavior or speech

• reputable

• hypocritical

• overt

• duplicity

False or fake; adopted or assumed to in order to deceive

Imaginary; unreal; relating to function

• fictitious

• overt

• reputable

• gullible

Sly intelligence; craftiness with the intention to deceive

• guile

• fictitious

• devious

• gullible

Easily deceived or fooled

• hypocritical

• masquerade

• duplicity

• gullible

Giving a false appearance; saying one thing, but doing another

• masquerade

• hypocritical

• reputable

• guile

To disguise oneself; to put on a false or deceptive appearance

• overt

• gullible

• masquerade

• veracity

Open and observable; not hidden or secret

• overt

• devious

• fictitious

• masquerade

Having a good reputation; well thought of; honorable or trustworthy

• veracity

• guile

• hypocritical

• reputable

Truthfulness or accuracy; conformity to fact or truth

• veracity

• reputable

• devious

• masquerade