GRE Word List
DUPE
one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool
The meaning of the word dupe is one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| postulate | demand |
| dint | force |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| recast | to cast again |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |