GRE Word List
CHICANERY
deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
The meaning of the word chicanery is deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |