Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
100
This is a poor hiding place for our valuables. I know of a better ______________.
What is a cache?
100
The teacher recognized Eva's ________________ musical talent and encouraged her to develop it.
What is latent?
100
The cook must have been really ill when he asked to go home; he is not one to ________________.
What is malinger?
100
You have the right to know the name of your accuser; you cannot be tried on _________________ charges.
What is anonymous?
100
assumed name
What is alias?
200
She is crafty. Don't let her _______________ you into signing anything.
What is con?
200
Be careful. He presents a(n) __________________ of honesty. He is very crooked.
What is facade?
200
Eventually the magazine article was exposed as a(n) ________________ the events it described had never occurred.
What is canard?
200
Though posing as a friend, she kept ridiculing me behind my back, until I discovered her ___________________.
What is duplicity?
200
false, deliberately made-up report or story.
What is canard?
300
The name the suspect gave at the time of his arrest proved to be a(n) ______________.
What is an alias?
300
I will not allow them to ________________ me. Why should I commit perjury?
What is suborn?
300
Fearing the indicted financier would ____________, the prosecutor asked for very high bail.
What is abscond?
300
Each of the buyers made the same outrageously low offer; they seemed to be acting in ______________ against me.
What is collusion?
300
present though invisible and inactive; potential
What is latent?
400
By the __________________ of the wooden horse, the Greeks gained entry into the forfeited city of Troy.
What is subterfuge?
400
All our dealings are in the open. We do not engage in ___________________ activities.
What is covert?
400
The __________________ message, written in code, had no meaning for the ordinary person.
What is cryptic?
400
Do not rule out the possibilities of an ambush; the enemy is ______________.
What is insidious?
400
induce someone to testify falsely
What is suborn?
500
After the tragedy, she retired from society and went into ______________.
What is seclusion?
500
The fugitive is expert in disguises and may attempt to ________________ a police officer.
What is impersonate?
500
It is useless for me to _________________ interest in the subject. I am no good at pretending.
What is feign?
500
Jane suspects some of her lukewarm supporters may have ___________________d with her opponents to defeat her.
What is connive?
500
plan or trick to conceal one's true objective.
What is subterfuge?
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