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121romance — n 1. fiction, novel, story, tale, narrative; love story, torrid romance; fairy tale, heroic epic, legend, science fiction, fantasy, Western, spy thriller, Inf. thriller; Gothic novel, horror story, ghost story, Inf. spine tingler. 2. invention,… …
122sleight — n 1. skill, proficiency, efficiency, facility, knack; deftness, adeptness, handiness, readiness, adroitness; cleverness, ingeniousness, wit, inventiveness, artistry. 2. artifice, stratagem, intrigue, maneuver, gambit, ploy, expedient; trick, hoax …
123slipperiness — n 1. oiliness, lubricity, greasiness, slitheriness; smoothness, sleekness, glassiness, glossiness, iciness; soapiness, waxiness, butteriness, unctuousness; sliminess, mucosity. 2. shiftiness, trickiness, deceitfulness; foxiness, craftiness,… …
124trickery — n deceit, guile, artifice, craft, craftiness, shrewdness, wiliness, slyness, circumvention; artfulness, subtlety, finesse, Inf. razzle dazzle, Sl. jive, Sl. hype; shiftiness, evasiveness, slipperiness; duplicity, double dealing, cozenage, dark… …
125uncertainty — n 1. doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, dubiety, skepticism; unsureness, hesitancy, hesitation; caution, wariness, tentativeness; suspicion, suspiciousness, diffidence, misgiving, distrust, mistrust. 2. guess, piece of guesswork; borderline case,… …
126vicissitude — n 1. change, mutation, permutation, modification, transformation, metamorphosis; variation, variance, difference, divergence, deviation. 2. alternation, shifting, vacillation, fluctuation, interchange; rotation, reversal, turn about, turnaround,… …
127lubricity — /luˈbrɪsəti/ (say looh brisuhtee) noun (plural lubricities) 1. slipperiness or oily smoothness of surface. 2. capacity for lubrication. 3. shiftiness. 4. lewdness. {Late Latin lūbricitas, from Latin lūbricus lubricous} …
128shifty — I. /ˈʃɪfti / (say shiftee) adjective (shiftier, shiftiest) 1. given to or full of evasions; deceitful; furtive. 2. resourceful; fertile in expedients. {shift + y1} –shiftily, adverb –shiftiness, noun II. /ˈʃɪfti / ( …
