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 |
|---|---|
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |