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 |
|---|---|
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |