Deception And Lies Vocabulary

noun an absurd pretense or deception

• The guests played a game of charades during the dinner party.
• We always end up playing charades when we get together with friends.
• Let's skip the charade and get straight to the point.
• His smile was just a charade to hide his true feelings.

adjective pretended or simulated; insincere

• The defendant's feigned ignorance of the crime did not convince the jury.
• She feigned sickness to get out of going to the party.
• He totally feigned being interested in her just to get her number.
• The smile on her face was feigned, hiding the sadness in her eyes.

noun a tale or account that is not entirely believable

• The man's account of catching a massive marlin is often dismissed as a mere fish story.
• I think Bob is just telling a fish story about the size of the fish he caught last weekend.
• Don't believe everything he says, it's probably just a fish story.
• Her explanation for being late sounded like a fish story to me.

verb to reveal or disclose something that was previously hidden or secret

• He did not let on that he knew about the surprise party.
• She didn't let on that she had already seen the movie.
• I didn't let on that I had the answers to the test.
• The detective didn't let on that he had solved the case until the very end.

adjective a word that describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun; in this case, 'perjured' describes someone who has committed perjury

• The witness was charged with perjured testimony during the trial.
• She got caught perjured herself on the stand.
• He straight up perjured when he said he wasn't there.
• His promises turned out to be as perjured as his oath in court.

noun a claim, especially a false or ambitious one

• She maintained the pretence of being interested in his conversation.
• Stop with the pretence, we all know you're not really sick.
• He's just putting on a pretence to get out of doing his chores.
• The smile on her face was just a pretence to hide her true feelings.

noun an abnormal or pathological tendency to exaggerate or tell lies

• The patient was diagnosed with mythomania, a condition characterized by compulsive lying.
• I think she might have mythomania because she always tells such outrageous stories.
• Don't believe a word he says, he's got a serious case of mythomania.
• Her mythomania was like a tangled web of deceit that she couldn't escape from.