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chicanery

chicanery

Have you ever gotten the sense that politicians or corporate leaders will say anything to turn public o
Besideschicanery, another funny-sounding word for trickery isshenanigans. Whereas the former is al

chicanery

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Regressive
Regressive
Regressive
Regressive
Goldbrick
Goldbrick
Nugatory
Nugatory
Nugatory
Vitriolic
Vitriolic
Vitriolic
intuitive

rRelating to behaviour that is notresponsible or controlled or is like that of a child


to describe something that moves backward instead of forward, like a society that g
opposing progress
Ex: the regressive and unruly aspects of human nature
a worthless brick that appears to be GOLD
useless person or soldier
No value or importance, useless or futile

intuitive
intuitive
intuitive
visceral
Fallibility
Fallibility
Fallibility
Fallibility
Impugn
Impugn
Impugn
Impugn
Impugn
Goosebumps
Goosebumps
Laggard
Laggard
Laggard
Laggard
Laggard
Laggard
Scruffily
Scruffily
Scruffily
Nonplus
Nonplus

Ex: Psychics are intuitive. So are mothers when they know you're lying.
Ex: A process can be said to be intuitive as well, if it can be easily learned without an
Ex: obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
Ex: Visceral sensation is in your guts, coming from strong emotion and not from logic
liable to err
Ex: as a human, we are all fallibile, because fallible means like to make errors or fai
Ex: If a sceintific experiment data is fallible, it means you cannot trust number.
Opp: INFALLIBLE - Incapable of failure or error
To cause people to doubt someones character, qualities or reputation by critizing the
Impugnable, impugnability,impugner, impugnment
Ex: Are your usually grumpy brother is suddenly nice and sweet. You will impugn his
Ex: Are you impugning my copetence as a professional designer.
Ex: Are youOpp: UNIMPUGNABLE
to be very exited, spot on skin due to cold ect.
Ex: The young boy had a goosebumps when his football team won the championship
One that lags, responding slowly, sluggish
slow or delay in action
Person or thing that dose not go or move as quickly as others.
Ex: Staff were under enormous pressure and that there was no time for the laggards
Ex: I hate being stuck behind laggard motorists on the freeway
Ex: The company has been laggard in developing new product
Shabby and untide or dirty
Ex: a teenager in scruffily jeans and baggy T-shirts
Ex: The neighborhood is full of dilapidated houses with scruffily backyards.
perplexed, puzzeled completely, bewilderness
Ex: Puzzed that she left without saying Goodbye

Ex: a nugatory or pointless observation

Ex: the teacher shortage will render nugatory the hopes of implementing the new cu
Filled with bitter critic or malice
Harsh and corrosive in tone
Ex: Avoid using vitriolic lanuage whenever possible and you will keep your friends an

Intuitivemeans having the ability to understand or know something without any direct evidence or re

Hubris
Hubris
Obnubilate
Obnubilate
Obnubilate
PARASOL
serenade

exaggerated pride or self-confidence


Ex: The company's failure was ultimately brought on by the ubris of its founder
to dark, unclear, obscure, cloud over
Ex: The stars are obnubilated by the cloud
Ex:Their words are obnubilate their intentions
LITTLE UMBRELLA, GENERALLY USED TO PROTECT FROM SUN AND NOT FROM RAIN.

serenade
disseminate

Ex: a strolling guitarist serenades the diners

disseminate
disseminate
disseminate
gainsay
gainsay
gainsay

Ex: Semin- derives from the Latin word for seed;.


Ex: the idea with disseminate is that information travels like seeds sown by a farmer
Ex:Think about false rumors or political smear campaigns and you'll understand that

a piece of music sung or played in the open air, typically by a man at night under the window of his belove

to spread information, knowledge, opinions widely.Semin-derives from the Latin word for seed; the

When you challenge authority, yougainsay


means "contradict" or "speak out against."

Ex: teachers don't like it when unruly students gainsay them

aberrant
aberrant
aberrant
aberrant
aberrant
ASTRAY
ASTRAY
ASTRAY
ASTRAY
Fretting
Fretting
Fretting
Fretting
Fretting
Fretting
Impetus
Impetus
Impetus
Impetuous
impetuosity
impetuously
impetuousness
Usurp

to describe unusual conduct.


Ex: Sitting in a bathtub and singing show tunes all day long might be considered aberrant behavior

philander

(of a man) readily or frequently enter into casual sexual relationships with women. ( Opp

coquette
ogle

A woman who regularly makes romantic or sexual overtures

perspicacity

the quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness. the ability to understand thi

diverging from the normal type.

aberrance,aberrancy.Notethat Abhorrentisdifferentmeaningdetestableorloaths

Ex: Turmeric could have important abilities in healing and preventing brain damage
out of the right way; off the correct or known road, path, or route

Ex: Despite specific instructions, they went astray and got lost
away from that which is right; into error, confusion, or undesirableaction or thought:

Ex: They were led astray by their lust for money


to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent

Ex: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help


to cause corrosion; Make a gnaw into something:

Ex: acids that fret at the strongest metals


Ex: The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.

Ex: Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain
Ex: Advertisers hope their commercials will be an impetus to buy the product.

a force that moves something along


the act of applying force suddenly

If you're a careful person who thinks everything through and doesn't act rashly, then you're
the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection
the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection

seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

will say anything to turn public opinion their way? This tricky kind of deceit and manipulation is calledchicanery.
gans. Whereas the former is always used in the singular and involves deceptive language, the latter is usually used in the plural and r

oney from them)

or is like that of a child


ward, like a society that grants women fewer and fewer rights each year

implementing the new curriculum

u will keep your friends and your dignity

ithout any direct evidence or reasoning process.

e easily learned without any prior training like an easy-to-learn software programm
or observation
emotion and not from logic or reason

s like to make errors or fail.


cannot trust number.
reputation by critizing them

sweet. You will impugn his motives, if you are smart

am won the championship

s no time for the laggards

uffily backyards.

e ubris of its founder

UN AND NOT FROM RAIN.

ht under the window of his beloved.

om the Latin word for seed; the idea withdisseminateis that information travels like seeds sown by a farmer.

ke seeds sown by a farmer


and you'll understand that dissemination is usually a one-way process.

onsidered aberrant behavior

aningdetestableorloathsome

preventing brain damageor this could be an aberrant finding.

bleaction or thought:

nd and rain

y the product.

oesn't act rashly, then you're not very impetuous

ke as one's right or possession Ex: he usurped my rights.

onships with women. ( Oppsit of coquette). A philanderer is a guy who likes women.

the ability to understand things quickly and make accurate judgments: .

used in the plural and refers to the actions of a person. Your crazy neighbor is up to his old shenanigans if he has begun doing weird

e has begun doing weird stuff again, but if a politician's chicanery is exposed, he will lose public trust and not be returned to office in

t be returned to office in the next election cycle.

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