GRE Word List
KNAVE
a tricky deceitful fellow
The meaning of the word knave is a tricky deceitful fellow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| etymology | the 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 |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |