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  • 41Deception — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deception >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deception deception Sgm: N 1 falseness falseness &c. 544 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm: N 1 imposition imposition imposture Sgm: N 1 fraud …

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  • 42false — [adj1] wrong, made up apocryphal, beguiling, bogus, casuistic, concocted, contrary to fact, cooked up*, counterfactual, deceitful, deceiving, delusive, dishonest, distorted, erroneous, ersatz*, fake, fallacious, fanciful, faulty, fictitious,… …

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  • 43de|lu´sive|ness — de|lu|sive «dih LOO sihv», adjective. misleading the mind or judgment; deceptive; false: »All the delusive seduction of martial music (Fanny Burney). ... the desperate and delusive belief that this is the only alternative to recession and… …

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  • 44de|lu´sive|ly — de|lu|sive «dih LOO sihv», adjective. misleading the mind or judgment; deceptive; false: »All the delusive seduction of martial music (Fanny Burney). ... the desperate and delusive belief that this is the only alternative to recession and… …

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  • 45de|lu|sive — «dih LOO sihv», adjective. misleading the mind or judgment; deceptive; false: »All the delusive seduction of martial music (Fanny Burney). ... the desperate and delusive belief that this is the only alternative to recession and unemployment… …

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  • 46Bubble — Bub ble, n. [Cf. D. bobbel, Dan. boble, Sw. bubbla. Cf. {Blob}, n.] 1. A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river. [1913 Webster] Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow, Like bubbles in a …

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  • 47Chimerical — Chi*mer ic*al, a. Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects. Syn: Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful;… …

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  • 48Countercast — Coun ter*cast (koun t?r k?st ), n. A trick; a delusive contrivance. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 49Death mask — Mask Mask (m[.a]sk), n. [F. masque, LL. masca, mascha, mascus; cf. Sp. & Pg. m[ a]scara, It. maschera; all fr. Ar. maskharat buffoon, fool, pleasantry, anything ridiculous or mirthful, fr. sakhira to ridicule, to laugh at. Cf. {Masque},… …

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  • 50Deceptious — De*cep tious, a. [LL. deceptiosus.] Tending deceive; delusive. [R.] [1913 Webster] As if those organs had deceptious functions. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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