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 |
|---|---|
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| evenhanded | fair |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |