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 |
|---|---|
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| postulate | demand |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
