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 |
|---|---|
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| fluke | flatfish |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| lax | loose |