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recital(noun, feature, report, detail, account)
11
report(noun, feature, detail, belief, talk)
10
cock-and-bull story(noun, expression, true, lie, story)
10
epic(noun, report, account, record, story)
9
fairy tale(noun, expression, idiom, account, story)
9
novel(noun, literature, report, account, nonfiction)
8
description(noun, feature, report, account, record)
8
whopper(noun, literature, slang, line, deception)
7
exaggeration(noun, speech, lie, story, falsehood)
7
slander(noun, abuse, scorn, censure, shame)
7
tall story(noun, expression, fantasy, story, book)
6
allegory(noun, report, account, fantasy, story)
6
canard(noun, report, line, deception, belief)
6
invention(noun, fantasy, story, book, novel)
6
misrepresentation(noun, true, lie, fantasy, story)
6
reckoning(noun, count, numeration, noting)
6
relation(noun, feature, report, account, record)
6
scandal(noun, abuse, report, scorn, censure)
6
taradiddle
6
total(noun, verb, run, score, record)
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