Today's Word "mendacious"
Given to deception
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Published in Vocabulary
mendacious \men-DAY-shuhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Given to deception or falsehood; lying; untruthful; as, a mendacious person. 2 : False; untrue; as, a mendacious statement.
"While Jason's writings, speeches, and decisions supplied crucial evidence they also contained mendacious elements, gaps, and camouflage."
Mendacious is from Latin mendax, mendac-, "lying."