Truth and lies vocabulary | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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B2+ Cutting edge vocabulary for truth and lies

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What B means false, or intended to deceive people (adjective)?

bogus

15

2 What B is how you speak if you tell the truth even if it upsets others (adverb)?

bluntly

15

What C means to get money by telling people something which is false (verb)?

conning people

15

What C means to be unfaithful to your partner (phrasal verb)?

cheat on (your partner)

15

What E means you make something much bigger or more important than it really is (verb)?

exaggerate

15

What E is the reason people give for having done something wrong (noun)?

excuse

15

What F is a small, unimportant lie (noun)?

fib

15

What F is a document, painting or bank note which is not real, but intended to deceive people (noun)?

forgery

15

What G means to escape without punishment (phrasal verb)?

get away with

15

What G is malicious talk about other people (noun)?

gossip

15

What H is an elaborate attempt to make people believe something that isn't true (noun)?

hoax

15

What Hs do you tell when someone needs to realise some unpleasant facts about themselves (noun, plural)?

home truths

15

What 0 is a formal and serious promise you take, e.g. in a court of law (noun)?

oath

15

What P is lying under 0 (noun)?

perjury

15

What Rs are pieces of information being passed around which may or may not be true (noun, plural)?

rumours

15

What S means to make something more widely known and is often used with Rs in question 15 (verb)?

spread

15