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Invent Make I Story Excuse People True Fact

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If you i_____ a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.
I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.
word invent
full-definition
verb
If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it.
He invented the first electric clock.
Writing had not been invented as yet.
If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.
I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.
inflections inventsinventinginvented
cefr-level A2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2

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