GRE Word List
GUILE
deceitful cunning : duplicity
The meaning of the word guile is deceitful cunning : duplicity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |