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 |
|---|---|
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| edifice | building |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |