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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |