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shoes and desperate eyes came tramping
from door to door lugging heavy cases full
of brown bottles called miracle polish. the
name exasperated me, a child could have
done better than that, though there was
something to be said for the way it sat
there flaunting its fraudulence. \dont trust
me!\ it shouted for all to hear. \dont be a
fool!\
in paragraph one of \becoming a
believer,\ the word fraudulence means--
honesty
exaggeration
brightness
deception

Explanation:

The word "fraudulence" is related to deception. The context in the text, with phrases like "Don't trust" and the overall negative connotation, supports this. Deception means the act of misleading or tricking someone, which aligns with the idea of something being fraudulent.

Answer:

Deception