| Term | Definition |
|---|
| FORTHRIGHT | DIRECT HONEST |
| BELIE | TO MISINTERPRET |
| DISINGENUOUS | NOT TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH |
| CLANDESTINE | DONE IN SECRET |
| SPURIOUS | FAKE; NOT AUTHENTIC |
| DISSEMBLE | TO HIDE ONE'S FEELINGS OR MOTIVES BEHIND A FALSE APPEARANCE |
| SCRUPULOUS | CONSCIENTIOUS AND EXACT |
| RHETORIC | THE STUDY OF USING LANGUAGE EFFECTIVELY |
| PHONOLOGY | THE SOUND SYSTEM OF A LANGUAGE |
| REJOINDER | AN ANSWER TO A REPLY WITTY RESPONSE |
| SUCCINCT | CLEAR AND PRECISE USING FEW WORDS |
| PERFIDIOUS | TREACHEROUS |
| PROBITY | TOTAL INTERGRITY UPRIGHTNESS |
| NEFARIOUS | INFAMOUS |
| SYNTAX | HOW WORDS ARE ARRANGED |
| EON | LONGEST DIVISION OF GEOLOGIC TIME |
| COGNATE | A WORD RELATED TO ANOTHER WORD IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE |
| PARADIGM | A MODEL FOR A WAY OF VIEWING THINGS |
| PHILOLOGHY | STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF LANGUAGE |
| ORTHOGRAPHY | THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE OF A LANGUAGE'S WRITING OR SPELLING SYSTEM |
| INFLECTION | A CHANGE IN THE FORM OF A WORD |
| EXTANT | STILL IN EXISTENCE |
| INURE | ACCUSTOM TO HARDSHIP |
| MILLENNIUM | ONE THOUSAND YEARS |
| PRISTINE | UNSPOILED |
| CONCOMITANT | OCCURING SIMULTANEOUSLY |
| IRREVOCABLE | IRREVERSIBLE |
| PERPETUITY | AN ETERNITY |
| HIATUS | GAP IN SPACE TIME OR CONTINUITY |
| TRANSIENCE | BRIEF EXISTENCE |
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