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Vocabulary Unit 2
Vocabulary Lesson 8: Sneaky Sneaky
Today’s roots: duplit twofold pseudo fake
nym name rapere to seize
❑ spurious(adj) fake; counterfeit
The head of the FBI cursed the spurioustip that incorrectly led them to an abandoned warehouse.
Synonyms:fictitious, dubious, fabricated Antonyms:authentic, substantiated
❑ guile(n) trickery; deceit
The Big Bad Wolf deceived Little Red Riding Hood with guileand cunning.
Synonyms:cleverness, cunning, duplicity Antonyms:candor, straightforwardness
❑ beguile(v) to deceive with charm
The con artist beguiledme out of my money, convincing me to play his game over and over.
Synonyms:charm, entrance, captivate Antonym:disenchant
❑ strategem(n) a deceitful scheme (strategosarmy general)
The teenager devised an elaborate strategemto escape his parents’ curfew.
Synonyms:ploy, gimmick, ruse, subterfuge
❑ surreptitious(adj) deceptive; sneaky (sub- secretly +rapereseize)
Thesurreptitiousmovements of the lion lured the gazelle into a trap.
Synonyms:covert, furtive, stealthy Antonyms:honest, trustworthy, overt
❑ clandestine(adj) secret; hidden
Theclandestinemilitary facility in the capital city was unknown even to the President of the United States.
Synonyms:stealthy, surreptitious, covert Antonyms:forthright, straightforward, candid
❑ stealth(n) sneakiness; ability to avoid detection
The “stealthbomber” is so effective because it is undetectable by most radars.
Synonyms:furtiveness, covertness Antonyms:perceptible, observable
❑ duplicity(n) deceit; hypocritical deception (duplittwofold)
Synonyms:chicanery, improbity
❑ specious(adj) false, but plausible (specereto look at)
Synonyms:ostensible, sophistic
❑ furtive(adj) secretive; sneaky
Synonyms:stealthy, cloaked, guileful
❑ pseudonym(n) pen name (pseudo-fake+onomaname)
Synonyms:alias, anonym
❑ fallacious(adj) deceptive; false (fallaciadeceit+-iousfull of )
Synonyms:delusory, erroneous
❑ rapacious(adj) greedy; ravenous (rapereseize+-iousfull of )
Synonyms:ravenous, covetous