Vocabulary 12

to produce artifice

• perfection

• honesty

• trickery

• drawing

to practice augury

• Playing video games
• Interpreting omens or signs
• Studying astronomy
• Reading tarot cards

to captivate someone

• bore and repel
• attract and hold the interest and attention
• distract and confuse
• ignore and neglect

to practice chicanery

• honesty and integrity
• authenticity and transparency
• sincerity and truthfulness
• deceit or trickery

a large configuration

• setup
• arrangement
• disorganization
• configuration

to deduce the answer

• deduce
• conclude
• infer
• induce

extant manuscripts

• existing
• nonexistent
• vanished
• extinct

a proponent

• opponent
• detractor
• critic
• advocate

to refute the argument

• approve
• disprove
• confirm
• validate

a scrupulous examination

• reckless
• hasty
• careful
• careless