Sunday, September 28, 2014

Word of the Day for Sunday 9/28

The word of the day is ... Chicanery!

Chicanery - noun. the use of trickery to attain a political, financial, or legal purpose.

The duplicitous man only succeeded through the use of chicanery!

Duplicity is a synonym for chicanery. There doesn't seem to be an adjective form of chicanery.

Are you dubious about my expertise? I assure you I have used no chicanery!

Dubious is not a synonym for duplicitous. It means Doubting or Hesitating.

This concludes the lesson for the day.