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ɪnoun, plural -ties for 2.
1.
the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.
2.
an instance of lying; falsehood.
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Mendacity
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is adroit. Does it mean:
| expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body; cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious |
| someone without scruples |
Example Sentences
- And a little sad that a generation is being brought up invited to confuse this kind of mendacity with cleverness.
- But to focus on memoiristic mendacity distracts from the genre's more pressing imaginative challenges.
- His theme was that loquacity can be all too easily pressed into service as a cover for mendacity.
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