14
equivocation(noun, cover, deception, shift, escape)
11
chicanery(noun, trick, deception, reasoning, justification)
11
fallacy(noun, correct, deception, true, illusion)
10
casuistry(noun, cover, correct, line, deception)
10
deception(noun, cover, line, trick, talk)
9
sophism(noun, correct, deception, shift, escape)
8
delusion(noun, cover, line, trick, deception)
8
evasion(noun, cover, trick, deception, escape)
8
misconception(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
6
sophistication
6
perversion(noun, deception, mistake, error, reasoning)
6
speciousness(noun, cover, correct, line, deception)
5
artifice(noun, trick, deception, talk, shift)
5
cunning(noun, shift, escape, routine, excuse)
5
quibble(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning)
5
shrewdness(noun, wit, intuition)
5
trickery(noun, deception, talk, shift, escape)
4
ambiguity(noun, cover, line, deception, lie)
4
artfulness(noun, wit, intuition)
4
astuteness(noun, wit, intuition)
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