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tergiversation(noun, cover, clear, line, lie)
6
deceit(noun, cover, deception, lie, sham)
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deception(noun, cover, line, lie, dishonest)
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dishonesty(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty)
6
exaggeration(lie, falsehood, fib)
6
falsity(noun, deception, true, lie, sham)
6
tall story(noun, expression, literature, lie, nonfiction)
6
whopper(noun, slang, deception, true, lie)
5
dodge(noun, escape, excuse, objection, complaint)
5
fable(noun, deception, lie, sham, fantasy)
5
fairy tale(expression, line, lie, story, falsity)
5
misstatement(noun, deception, true, lie, sham)
5
shuffle(noun, clear)
5
shuffling(noun, cover, line, shift, escape)
4
canard(noun, line, deception, true, lie)
4
chicanery(noun, dishonesty)
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deceitfulness(noun, deception, dishonesty, fraud, deceit)
4
dissimulation(cover, line, deception, lie, sham)
4
fantasy(noun, literature, nonfiction, book, novel)
4
fencing(noun, falsehood)
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