Today’s “Word of the Day” is mendacious and it is an adjective meaning “lying, untruthful, dishonest, deceitful, hypocritical, false, misleading, erroneous, double-dealing, two-faced”.
Example Sentence: All Europe must have awoken this morning and heard the news with horror. Sometimes history refuses to die. The fate of 44 million Ukrainians at the mercy of Russia and its vast army is appalling to contemplate. Indeed, so wild and mendacious are the utterances of Vladimir Putin in the past 24 hours that they suggest a dictator deranged (mad/insane) and out of control.
This word is present in The Guardian article Who can prevail on Putin now war in Ukraine has started? Peace depends on it and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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