GRE Word List
DISINGENUOUS
lacking in candor
The meaning of the word disingenuous is lacking in candor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |