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 |
|---|---|
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |