GRE Word List
CUNNING
dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end
The meaning of the word cunning is dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| submerge | to put under water |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |