GRE Word List

KNAVE

a tricky deceitful fellow

The meaning of the word knave is a tricky deceitful fellow.

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ineffectualnot producing the proper or intended effect : futile
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
effigyan image or representation especially of a person
collationa light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper
discrepancythe quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance
postmortemdone, occurring, or collected after death
obstreperousmarked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
squabblea noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters
hotheada hotheaded person