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| cognate | Related by being derived, descended, or borrowed from the same word or root. |
| stratagem | A clever scheme or trick designed to attain a goal. |
| spurious | Lacking authenticity or validity; false. |
| scrupulous | Acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper; having principles. |
| probity | Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness. |
| belie | To picture falsely; misrepresent; disquise. |
| perfidious | Disloyal; treacherous. |
| nefarious | Extremely wicked or infamous; evil; villainous. |
| dissemble | To disquise or conceal behind a false appearence. |
| collusion | A secret agreement between 2 or more persons for a deceitful or fraudulent purpose; conspiracy. |
| philology | The chronological study of language development. |
| paradigm | A list of all the inflectional forms of a particular word. |
| orthography | The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage. |
| inflection | The change in the form of words that indicates a grammatical distinction, such as number, gender, case, person, tense, mood, or voice. |
| undulate | To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; ripple. |
| unremitting | Never slackening; persistent. |
| transitory | Existing only briefly; short-lived. |
| torpid | Lacking energy or vigor; lethargic, sluggish. |
| supersede | To take the place of; replace. |
| serpentine | Of or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement; sinuous. |
| retrogress | To return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition; revert. |
| meander | To follow a winding and turning course. |
| inhibit | To restrain or hold back; prevent. |
| emanate | To come forth, as from a source; originate. |
| syntax | The way in which words are arranged or combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. |
| clandestine | Concealed or kept secret, often for unlawful purposes. |
| diminutive | A word formed by shortening or by adding certain suffixes indicating primarily small size but also youth, affection, or contempt. |
| rhetoric | The art of using language effectively. |
| derivative | A word formed from another word or root such as by adding a prefix or a suffix. |
| phonology | The science of speech sounds in a language. |
