GRE Word List

GUILE

deceitful cunning : duplicity

The meaning of the word guile is deceitful cunning : duplicity.

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WordMeaning
overthrowoverturn
provocativeserving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
convolutedhaving convolutions
crossa structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution
inarticulateincapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings
whima capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy
heinoushatefully or shockingly evil : abominable
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic