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 |
|---|---|
| append | attach |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| invalid | not valid: |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| piscatorial | piscatory |