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.

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gesticulationthe act of making gestures
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy
barefacedhaving the face uncovered:
inebriatedexhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated
referendumthe principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
reparablecapable of being repaired