Vocabulary

1. telling something bad that another person has done

• Relentless

• Tattling on

• Conceal

1. exaggerated; overly important

• Inflated

• Rule of thumb

• Preoccupation

1. a cover that hides the way someone or something really is

• Veneer

• Erosion

• Mislead

1. affecting someone's private life in an annoying way

• Finely honed

• Preoccupation

• Intrusive

1. general guideline

• Rule of thumb

• Relentless

• Conceal

1. hide something carefully

• Conceal

• Tattling on

• Mislead

1. unimportant; of little value

• Erosion

• Trivial

• Pervasive

1. existing or spreading everywhere

• Rule of thumb

• Conceal

• Pervasive

1. condition of thinking about only one thing

• Preoccupation

• Veneer

• Mislead

1. make someone believe something that is not true

• Finely honed

• Mislead

• Conceal