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

WordMeaning
assurancethe state of being assured: such as
contrivedevise
resourcefulable to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means
lassitudea condition of weariness or debility : fatigue
finickyextremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
wretcha miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
lionizeto treat as an object of great interest or importance
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
derangedmentally unsound : crazy