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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Word | Meaning |
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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 |