| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | act | Pretend rather than be genuine |
| 2. | bamboozle | Deceive by trickery |
| 3. | bear false witness | Give false testimony |
| 4. | bend the truth | Misstate facts slightly |
| 5. | betray | Deceive by breaking trust |
| 6. | bilk | Cheat someone out of money |
| 7. | bluff | Deceive by confident pretense |
| 8. | bluffing | Deceptive confident pretense |
| 9. | cheat | Act dishonestly to deceive |
| 10. | cock-and-bull story | An absurd false story |
| 11. | con | Trick by deception |
| 12. | conceal | Keep something true hidden |
| 13. | concoct | Devise a false story |
| 14. | cook up | Invent a false explanation |
| 15. | counterfeit | Imitate falsely or fraudulently |
| 16. | cover story | A false explanatory story |
| 17. | cover up | Hide the truth |
| 18. | cry wolf | Raise a false alarm |
| 19. | deceive | Make someone believe falsehoods |
| 20. | deception | The act of misleading someone |
| 21. | defraud | Obtain dishonestly by deception |
| 22. | delude | Mislead into false belief |
| 23. | dissemble | Hide true motives or feelings |
| 24. | dissimulate | Conceal true feelings or intentions |
| 25. | distort | Twist facts from the truth |
| 26. | doctor | Alter deceptively |
| 27. | double-cross | Betray by deceit |
| 28. | dupe | Trick into believing falsely |
| 29. | embroider | Add false details |
| 30. | equivocate | Use ambiguity to avoid truth |
| 31. | equivocation | Ambiguous wording that avoids truth |
| 32. | exaggerate | Overstate beyond the truth |
| 33. | exaggeration | An overstatement beyond the truth |
| 34. | fabricate | Invent something untrue |
| 35. | fake | Pretend or make falsely |
| 36. | falsehood | A statement that is not true |
| 37. | falsify | Make or present as false |
| 38. | feign | Pretend falsely |
| 39. | fib | Tell a small untruth |
| 40. | fibbing | Telling small untruths |
| 41. | fool | Trick or deceive |
| 42. | forge | Create falsely for fraud |
| 43. | fudge | Distort facts evasively |
| 44. | give false evidence | Testify falsely |
| 45. | gloss over | Hide unpleasant truth lightly |
| 46. | half-truth | A partly true deception |
| 47. | hoax | A tricking false story |
| 48. | hoodwink | Deceive or trick someone |
| 49. | impersonate | Pretend to be another person |
| 50. | invent | Make up something false |
| 51. | lead on | Mislead through false hopes |
| 52. | make up | Invent an untrue story |
| 53. | malinger | Feign illness to avoid duty |
| 54. | mask | Hide the truth |
| 55. | masquerade | Pretend under a false appearance |
| 56. | mendacity | Habitual lying or untruthfulness |
| 57. | mislead | Lead someone toward a false belief |
| 58. | misrepresent | Present falsely or inaccurately |
| 59. | misrepresentation | A false or misleading presentation |
| 60. | misstate | State incorrectly or falsely |
| 61. | overstate | State too strongly or greatly |
| 62. | overstatement | A statement stronger than truth |
| 63. | palm off | Pass off deceptively |
| 64. | palter | Mislead with partial truths |
| 65. | pass off | Present falsely as genuine |
| 66. | perjure yourself | Lie under oath |
| 67. | pervert | Twist from the truth |
| 68. | playact | Act falsely or pretend |
| 69. | pose | Pretend to be something |
| 70. | pretend | Act as if untrue were true |
| 71. | prevaricate | Avoid truth with evasive words |
| 72. | pull a fast one | Trick someone deceitfully |
| 73. | put on | Pretend falsely |
| 74. | put one over | Successfully deceive someone |
| 75. | put up a front | Present a false appearance |
| 76. | ruse | A trick used to deceive |
| 77. | sell a story | Make someone believe a falsehood |
| 78. | sham | Pretend falsely |
| 79. | simulate | Imitate falsely |
| 80. | snow | Deceive with flattering talk |
| 81. | soft-pedal | Downplay the truth |
| 82. | spin | Present facts misleadingly |
| 83. | stretch the truth | Exaggerate or distort facts |
| 84. | string along | Deceive by prolonging false hope |
| 85. | suppress | Keep truth from being known |
| 86. | swindle | Cheat by deception |
| 87. | take in | Deceive or fool |
| 88. | tall tale | An exaggerated or false story |
| 89. | tamper | Alter secretly or improperly |
| 90. | taradiddle | A petty lie or nonsense |
| 91. | tell fibs | Tell small lies |
| 92. | tell tales | Tell untrue stories |
| 93. | tell untruths | Say things that are false |
| 94. | trick | Deceive by cunning |
| 95. | understate | State as less than true |
| 96. | understatement | A statement weaker than truth |
| 97. | untruth | Something false said as true |
| 98. | whitewash | Conceal faults or wrongdoing |
| 99. | whopper | A big obvious lie |
| 100. | withhold | Keep back information |