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Words for Lying, Swindling, and Conniving
Year
2015
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
30m
Rating
TVPG
Performers
Kevin Flanigan
Written By
Kevin Flanigan
Publication Information
The Great Courses
Summary
Begin building your vocabulary in earnest with this lecture on wonderful words to describe liars and the lies they tell. Learn trenchant words to describe the cheats, swindlers, charlatans, scam artists, barracudas, sharks, and sharpies, and their hustles, flimflams, and double-dealings. Reveal the nuances of meaning between similar words like specious and spurious.