GRE vocabulary

Perfidy

Deceitfulness; untrustworthiness.

Example

"The king was shocked by the perfidy of his most trusted advisor, who had secretly plotted against him."

From Latin 'perfidi' meaning 'treacherous', from 'per' meaning 'through' + 'fides' meaning 'faith'.

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