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 |
|---|---|
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |