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Probity |
complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness, honesty |
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Covert |
hidden, secret |
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Dupe |
to deceive or trick; one who is tricked |
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Enshroud |
to cover, enclose with a dark cover |
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Exorbitant |
extravagant, going beyond what is reasonable |
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Vindicate |
to clear from blame or suspicion |
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Fawn |
to flatter excessively, seek the favor of |
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Feign |
to pretend, give a false impression; to invent falsely |
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Furtive |
secret, stealthy |
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Hyperbolic |
exaggerated Illicit-illegal, improper |
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Pretentious |
pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured |
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Substantiate |
to verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence |
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Abscond |
to depart secretly |
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Anachronistic |
out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period |
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Candor |
honestly, openness |
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Toady |
flatterer, yes-man, hanger on |
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Surreptitious |
secret, stealthy |
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Rectitude |
moral uprightness; honesty |
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Spurious |
lacking authenticity, false |
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Prevaricate |
to quibble, evade the truth |
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Perfidious |
faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy |
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Mendacious |
dishonest |
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Hypothesis |
assumption, theory requiring proof |
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Beguile |
to deceive, delude, cheat |
