Spy Thriller Vocabulary

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, in this case 'deniable' describes something that can be denied

• The government claimed that the evidence was deniable and could not be used against them in court.
• He said the email was deniable, but we all know he was the one who sent it.
• She tried to make her involvement deniable, but everyone saw her at the scene of the crime.
• His actions were like a deniable shadow, always present but never acknowledged.

verb to contrive or plot, especially in a secret or underhanded manner

• The group of conspirators decided to machinate a plan to overthrow the government.
• She's always machinating something behind the scenes.
• I heard they were machinating a way to cheat on the test.
• The wheels of power machinate in mysterious ways.

noun a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun

• The authorities have uncovered the embezzlement scheme, so the jig is up for the company's CFO.
• They caught me sneaking out past curfew, so the jig is up.
• Once they saw us trying to sneak into the concert without tickets, the jig was up.
• After years of pretending to be someone else, she finally had to reveal her true identity - the jig was up.