Words Related to Truth and Falsehood
Improve Your Vocabulary - 1
1. veracity: truthfulness or honesty; precision; accuracy
The veracity of this statement is questionable.
2. perjury: deliberate or willful uttering of untruths when under oath in a court etc.
A witness commiting perjury should be treated like a criminal.
3. conscientious: involving or taking great care; governed by or done according to conscience
Older persons are more conscientious about following traffic rules.
4. Machiavellian: crafty or deceitful
He failed to win the elections despite his machiavellian tactics.
5. candid: very honest or frank in what one says or writes
The minister was very candid about his college days.
6. prevaricate: to turn aside from, or evade, the truth
The contractor regularly prevaricated whenever he was questioned about the delay in the project.
7. plausible: apparently reasonable and valid
The reason he gave for being late, though plausible was not believed by anybody.
8. credulous: one who is willing to believe on little evidence
The arguments put forward by the advocate could not convince even the most credulous among the audience.
9. axiom: a self evident or universally recognised truth
The provision of free ration to the soldiers is based on the old axiom that an army marches on its stomach.
10. verisimilitude: the appearance or semblance of truth
The award winning film was entertaining but lacked verisimilitude.
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