Vocabulary Lesson 2 (Honesty and Deception)

to depict falsely: to misrepresent

• belie

• clandestine

• disingenuous

• dissemble

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

kept or done in secret, often to conceal an illegal or improper purpose

• belie

• clandestine

• disingenuous

• dissemble

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; insincere or calculating; not telling the whole truth

• belie

• clandestine

• disingenuous

• dissemble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to disguise or conceal one's feelings or motives behind a false appearance

• belie

• clandestine

• disingenuous

• dissemble

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

direct; with complete disclosure and honesty; without evasion

• forthright

• nefarious

• perfidious

• probity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

openly or notoriously wicked; infamous

• forthright

• nefarious

• perfidious

• probity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

disloyal; treacherous

• forthright

• nefarious

• perfidious

• probity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

• forthright

• nefarious

• perfidious

• probity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

having strict principles; acting in strict regard for what is right and proper

• scrupulous

• spurious

• perfidious

• probity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

not genuine; lacking authenticity or validity; false

• scrupulous

• spurious

• perfidious

• probity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F