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canard

a deliberately misleading fabrication

erroneous

containing or characterized by mistakes

ersatz

an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation

feigned

not genuine

fallacious

containing or based on incorrect reasoning

guile

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

mendacious

given to lying

mendacity

the tendency to be untruthful

perfidy

an act of deliberate betrayal

prevaricate

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear

specious

plausible but false

dissemble

behave unnaturally or affectedly

chicanery

the use of tricks to deceive someone

apocryphal

being of questionable authenticity

consanguine

related by blood

consanguinity

relation by blood

filial

designating the generation following the parental generation

progenitor

an ancestor in the direct line

scion

a descendent or heir

progeny

the immediate descendants of a person

conjugal

relating to the relationship between a wife and husband

ardor

feelings of great warmth and intensity

ardent

characterized by intense emotion

doctrinaire

a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

fervid

characterized by intense emotion

doctrinaire

a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

doctrinaire

a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

doctrinaire

a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

partisan

a fervent and even militant proponent of something

tendentious

having a strong bias, especially a controversial one

tendentious

having a strong bias, especially a controversial one

zealot

a fervent and even militant proponent of something

solace

comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable

foreboding

a feeling of evil to come

pedigree

the ancestry or lineage of an individual

proliferation

a rapid increase in number

shenanigan

the use of tricks to deceive someone

coddle

cook in nearly boiling water

allay

lessen the intensity of or calm

abrogate

revoke formally

demur

politely refuse or take exception to

demur

politely refuse or take exception to

recant

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

recidivism

habitual relapse into crime

remission

an abatement in intensity or degree

retrograde

moving or directed or tending in a backward direction

affront

a deliberately offensive act

remission

an abatement in intensity or degree

aphorism

a short pithy instructive saying

astute

marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

aphorism

a short pithy instructive saying

apothegm

a short pithy instructive saying

axiom

a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof

bromide

a trite or obvious remark

dictum

an authoritative declaration

epigram

a witty saying

exacerbate

make worse

undermine

weaken or impair, especially gradually

vitiate

make imperfect

render

give or supply

expatiate

add details, as to an account or idea

forage

collect or look around for, as food

sojourn

a temporary stay

peripatetic

traveling especially on foot

itinerant

traveling from place to place to work

sacrilegious

grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy

subvert

overthrow or destroy completely

profane

grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

maven

one who is very skilled in or knowledgeable about a field

entrenched

dug in