English Vocab Lesson 4 Honesty and Deception
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fictitious
(adj) adopted or assumed in order to deceive, false, imaginary
devious
(adj) done in an underhanded manner, tricky
gullible
(adj) easily deceived or fooled, naive
guileless
(adj) free of slyness or craftiness, simple and innocent
reputable
(adj) having a good name, well thought of, honorable
overt
(adj) open and observable, apparent
hypocritical
(adj) pretending to have some desirable or publicly approved attitude, insincere
duplicity
(n) deliberate deception or trickery by speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter
veracity
(n) devotion to the truth and honesty
masquerade
(v) to have or put on a deceptive appearance or to wear a mask or disguise
