Brianna's Vocab

perfidious
Definition: treacherous, not true
POS: Adjective
Related Words: deceiving, unfaithful, false
Sentence: The student was perfidious when talking to her principle.
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probity
Definition: honesty, integrity, faithfulness
POS: Noun
Related Words: nobility, devotion, morality
Sentence: Karen wants an employee who shows probity.
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scrupulous
Definition: showing regard for what one considers right
POS: Adjective
Related Words: conscious, faithful, diligent
Sentence: The hard working student was very scrupulous when writing her article for the newspaper.
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spurious
Definition: unauthentic, untrue, counterfeit
POS: Adjective
Related Words: forged, artificial, fake
Sentence: The money the bank robber placed in the vault was spurious.
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stratagem
Definition: A plan, scheme, or trick mean to deceive
POS: Noun
Related Words: trap, deception, trick
Sentence: Kelly devised a stratagem to trick her stalker
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