GRE Word List
DUPLICITY
contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
The meaning of the word duplicity is contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| approbation | commendation |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |