451-500 Flashcards by Flowa Mills

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fallacious

truth

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deceitful, incorrect

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exposé

truth

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a report designed to reveal the truth to the public

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fallacy

truth

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false belief

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fraudulent

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deceitful

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furtive

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sneaky

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incredulous, incredulity

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skeptical

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indeterminate

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left doubtful, inconclusive

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inscrutable

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mysterious

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irony, ironic

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incongruity between what is expeced and what actually reults

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ostensible

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apparent, seeming

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plausible, plausibility

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likely true

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pretext

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misleading claim or appearance

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prevaricator

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liar

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rectify, rectitude

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put right, correct

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refutation, refute

truth

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arguing that a claim is false

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sanctimonious

truth

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pretending to be religious, hypocritical

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sophistry

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deceptive reasoning

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spurious

truth

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false, inauthentic

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substantiate

truth

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confirm, establish as genuine

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auspicious

war and peace

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favorable

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barrage

war and peace

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bombardment, torrent

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belligerent

war and peace

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aggressive, warlike

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blighted

war and peace

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destroyed

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bolster

war and peace

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support

475. buttress war and peace

support

476. circumvent war and peace

escape, avoid

477. conflagration war and peace

large destructive fire

478. contentious war and peace

belligerent, quarrelsome

480. deleterious war and peace

harmful

479. decimate war and peace

destroy

481. depravity war and peace

moral corruption

482. dire war and peace

urgent, dreadful

483. divergent war and peace

different, conflicting

484. divisive war and peace

creating conflict

485. elude war and peace

evade

487. embitter(ed) war and peace

make worse

486. elusive war and peace

difficulty to catch or define

488. encumbrance war and peace

burden

489. fortuitous war and peace

fortunate, lucky

490. marred war and peace

scarred

491. nefarious war and peace

evil

492. palliate, palliative war and peace

relieve pain without curing

493. precarious war and peace

dangerous, unstable

495. serendipity war and peace

luck

496. spartan war and peace

simple, self-disciplined

494. raze war and peace

destroy, demolish

497. vanquish war and peace

conquer, defeat

498. vigilant war and peace

watchful, alert

499. vindictive war and peace

seeking revenge

500. virulent war and peace

poisonous