GRE Word List
DISINGENUOUS
lacking in candor
The meaning of the word disingenuous is lacking in candor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |