GRE Word List
DISINGENUOUS
lacking in candor
The meaning of the word disingenuous is lacking in candor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |