GRE Word List

CHARY

discreetly cautious: such as

The meaning of the word chary is discreetly cautious: such as.

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WordMeaning
delveexcavate
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
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machiavellianof or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism
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alludeto make indirect reference
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