acquiescence, obfuscate, mendacity

Peter L. (United Kingdom)
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  1. acquiescence
    agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
  2. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  3. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  4. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  5. avuncular
    being or relating to an uncle
  6. venerable
    profoundly honored
  7. ineptitude
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  8. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  9. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
  10. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  11. coalesced
    joined together into a whole
  12. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  13. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  14. attrition
    the act of rubbing together
  15. interment
    the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
Created on Wed Apr 13 04:52:38 EDT 2011 (updated Sat Apr 16 05:54:35 EDT 2011)

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