GRE Word List
GUILE
deceitful cunning : duplicity
The meaning of the word guile is deceitful cunning : duplicity.
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| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
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| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
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| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
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