GRE Word List
DISINGENUOUS
lacking in candor
The meaning of the word disingenuous is lacking in candor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| clime | climate |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| scotch | scottish |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |