Each of the words can be preceded by either TRUE or FALSE to make a common phrase. (In certain cases, the reverse can also be a phrase, but it is always quite rare.):
- FALSE PRETENSES
- TRUE BLOOD
- FALSE EQUIVALENCE
- FALSE WITNESS
- FALSE EYELASHES
- TRUE BLUE
- TRUE DEER
- TRUE TO FORM
- FALSE ACCUSATION
- TRUE CRIME
- TRUE COLORS
- TRUE BELIEVER
- FALSE BOTTOM
- FALSE FLAG
- TRUE BUGS
- FALSE PROPHET
- FALSE IMPRISONMENT
- TRUE STORY
- TRUE TO LIFE
- FALSE DICHOTOMY
- TRUE DETECTIVE
- FALSE TEETH
- FALSE ADVERTISING
- TRUE VALUE
- FALSE ALARM
- TRUE NORTH
- TRUE TYPE
- TRUE O’BRIEN
- FALSE START
- TRUE ENOUGH
- FALSE POSITIVE
- FALSE COGNATE
Converting these True/False answers to binary (TRUE=1, FALSE=0) gives 01000111 01110010 01101001 01110100. The flavor text clues ASCII which can turn eight-bit binary numbers into characters. Translating these four numbers gives Grit. The answer is GRIT.