11
equivocate(verb, decline, promote, favor, create)
11
misrepresentation(noun, literature, cover, line, deception)
11
whopper(noun, slang, deception, true, lie)
10
bask(verb, relax, idle, recline, loaf)
10
dwell(verb, start, settle, rest, endure)
10
falsity(noun, display, deception, true, sham)
10
lie down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, calm, place)
10
remain(verb, cover, settle, continue, stay)
9
consist(verb, start, settle, rest, endure)
9
fable(noun, literature, deception, sham, nonfiction)
9
intervene
9
invention(noun, literature, report, belief, claim)
9
mislead(verb, change, information, promote, play)
9
misrepresent(verb, change, information, promote, favor)
8
be(verb, continue, stay, spread, rest)
8
cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, deception, true, story)
8
distortion(noun, cover, line, deception, sham)
8
falsification(noun, deception, story, lying, falsehood)
8
rest
8
stretch(verb, take, place, set, cover)
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