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| 267722071 | astute | shrewd; clever Ex: Kevin is financially _____; he never falls for the tricks that credit card companies play. | |
| 267722072 | clandestine | secretive Ex: The spies planned a ____ maneuver that depended on its secrecy to work. | |
| 267722073 | coup | a brilliantly executed plan Ex: It was quite a ____ when I talked the salesperson into selling me this valuable cuckoo clock for five dollars. | |
| 267722074 | disingenuous | not straightforward; crafty Ex: Mr. Gelman was rather _______; although he seemed to be simply asking about your health, he was really trying to figure out why you'd been absent. | |
| 267722075 | ruse | a crafty tick Ex: The offer of a free cruise was merely a ____ to get people to listen to their sales pitch. | |
| 267722076 | stratagem | a clever trick used to deceive or outwit Ex: Planting microphones in the gangster's home was a clever, but illegal, _______. | |
| 267722077 | surreptitiously | done by secretive means Ex: Matt drank the cough syrup _______ because he didn't want anyone to know that he was sick. | |
| 267722078 | wary | on guard Ex: My father becomes ____ whenever a salesman calls him on the phone; he knows that many crooks use the phone so that they can't be changed with mail fraud. | |
| 267722079 | wily | cunning Ex: Each year, a new batch of ____ campers devised ways to torture the cabin leader. |
