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Section 3 Word Group
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| deceit | deception or trick |
| hypocrisy | insincerity; pretending to be what one is not |
| duplicity | deception; double-dealing; deceit |
| fallacious | false; misleading; deceptive |
| gouge | to cheat or defraud someone |
| specious | false |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| charlatan | an imposter; a quack; a con artist |
| fabricate | to make up for the purpose of deception; to manufacture |
| guile | deceit; cunning; trickery; duplicity |
| affected | acting in an artificial way; putting on a false appearance |
| chicanery | deception by artificial trickery |
| insidious | treacherous; sneaky; sly |
| bilk | to defraud; to cheat; to swindle |
| feign | to put on a false appearance; to pretend for deceptive purposes |
| stratagem | a plan to deceive or trick |
| spurious | counterfeit; false |
| apocryphal | of doubtful origin; false |
| jollity | merriment; fun; gaiety |
| jubilee | a special anniversary or occasion of celebration |
| carouse | rowdy; drunken merrymaking |
| cavort | to skip about; prance; excessive partying |
| buoyancy | the ability to float; lightness of spirit |
| effervescent | bubbling; vivacious; exhilarated |
| blithe | filled with gaiety; cheerful; carefree; jovial |
| gambol | to leap about; to frolic; to play |
| sanguine | cheerful; hopeful |
| destitute | impoverished |
| pauper | a poor person |
| insolvent | out of money |
| squalor | filthiness caused by poverty |
| indigent | impoverished |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| mendicant | a beggar; a poor person |
| impecunious | poor; having no money |
| brevity | briefness; shortness of duration |
| concise | briefly stated; succinct |
| terse | effectively concise; short yet polished |
| pithy | short; concise; precisely meaningful |
| laconic | using a minimum number of words; concise |
| taciturn | disinclined to talk; silent |
| sententious | short and moralistic in expression |
| irreverent | lacking respect |
| desecrate | to treat with disrespect |
| profane | ungodly; not sacred |
| heresy | dissent from traditional beliefs |
| blasphemy | lack of respect for God; heresy |
| iconoclasm | attacking traditional ideas |
| savory | good tasting |
| aromatic | fragrant; having an agreeable odor |
| euphony | sweet-sounding; pleasing to the ear |
| redolent | fragrant; having an agreeable odor |
| dulcet | pleasing to the ear; melodious |
| abashed | embarrassed; made ashamed |
| chagrin | distress caused by humiliation or failure |
| mortify | to cause to suffer extreme embarrassment |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| abstract | theoretical; lacking substance |
| amorphous | without shape or form |
| incorporeal | without shape; without a body |
| ethereal | without form; heavenly |
| nebulous | vague and indistinct |
| inclined | tending toward one direction or opinion; a liking |
| propensity | a natural inclination; a tendency |
| penchant | leaning toward or liking something or someone |
| proclivity | a natural tendency to do something; an inclination |
| novice | an inexperienced person |
| fledgling | young and inexperienced |
| neophyte | someone without experience; beginner |
| callow | immature; inexperienced |
Created by:
Ms.Sherrie
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