GRE Word List
CHICANERY
trickery; deception
The meaning of the word chicanery is trickery; deception.
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Word | Meaning |
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lateral | of or coming from the side |
antipathy | aversion; dislike or opposition |
culvert | artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road |
conciliatory | reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings (by removing anger) |
virile | manly; having masculine spirit or strength; full of strength |
imprecation | curse; swearword |
prescience | ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient |
rendezvous | meeting place; meeting at a set time or place; V. |
bent | determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination |
promiscuous | mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular, particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity |