4
canniness(noun, wit, intuition)
4
chicane(noun, deception, dishonesty, reasoning, trickery)
4
cleverness(noun, wit, intuition)
4
craftiness(noun, wit, intuition)
4
slyness(noun, wit, intuition)
4
spuriousness(noun, cover, correct, line, deception)
4
subterfuge(noun, trick, deception, talk, shift)
4
subtleness(noun, wit)
4
tergiversation(noun, cover, line, lie, lying)
4
trickiness(noun, wit, intuition)
4
wiliness(noun, wit, intuition)
3
cunningness(noun, wit)
3
deceit(noun, cover, line, deception, mistake)
3
finesse(noun, wit)
3
foxiness(noun, wit)
3
inconsistency(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
3
ingeniousness(noun, wit)
3
inventiveness(noun, wit)
3
jesuitry
3
misdirection
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