| A | B |
| devious | done in an underhanded manner; tricky; shifty; straying froma straigt dor direct course; departing from the correct or proper way; erring |
| duplicity | delibeerate deception or trickery by speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter |
| fictitious | adopted or assumed in order to deceive; false; of fiction; imaginary; unreal |
| guileless | free of slyness or craftiness; simple and innocent |
| gullible | easily deceived or fooled |
| hypocritical | pretending to have some desirable or publicly approved attitude; insincere |
| masquearade | to have or put on a deceptive appearance; to wear a mask or disguise; a dance or party aat which masks and fancy costumes are worn; a disguise or false outward show; pretense; an involved scheme |
| overt | open and observable; apparent |
| reputable | having a good name; well thought of; honorable |
| veracity | devotion to the truth; honesty; conformity to truth or fact; accuracy and precision |
| cosmopolitan | sophisticated in an international way |
| geopolitics | the study of the relationship between geography and politics |
| impolitic | unwise; not exhibiting good judgment |
| megalopolis | a unified urban region comprising several alarge cities and their surrounding areas |
| metropolitan | pertaining to a major city; a high-ranking bishop |
| policy | a general plan, principle, or course of action followed by an organization or an individual |
| politico | an informal or journalistic term for a politician |
| suburban | characteristic of the suburbs, the mainly residential areas surrounding large cities |
| urban | lake a city; characteristic of cities |
| urbane | elegantly polite and sophisticated |
| behold | to gaze at; look upon |
| discernment | keenness or sharpness in detecting, distinguishing, or selecting |
| envision | to picture in the mind |
| foresee | to see or to know beforehand |
| gape | to stare in amazement with the mouth open; to open the mouth wide; yawn; to open wide |
| impressionistic | of or pertaining to a highly personalized response to art or exeprience as opposed to a response based on reason or fact; reflecting a style of painting of the late nineteenth century that is marked by concentration on the impression created by the subject |
| insight | the ability to see and understand the true nature of something; an idea of the true nature of soemthing |
| myopia | shortsightedness or lack of good judgment in thinking or planning; nearsightedness |
| perceptive | having the ability to be keenly aware of things and situations; knowing; marked by understanding |
| survey | to examine or look at broadly; to inspect carefully; scrutiinize; to determine the measures, boundaries, ro elevation of land or features of earth's surface; to make a surv ey of land; a broad view; a detailed inspection or investigation; the act or proces of surveying land |