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English Synonyms and Antonyms

by James Champlin Fernald

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Deception ( page 123 ).

Questions.

1. How is deceit distinguished from deception? from guile? fraud? lying? hypocrisy? 2. Do all of these apply to conduct as well as to speech? 3. Is deception ever innocent? 4. Have craft and cunning always a moral element? 5. How is dissimulation distinguished from duplicity?

Examples.

The —— of his conduct was patent to all.

It was a matter of self-——.

The judge decided it to be a case of ——.

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