GRE Word List
KNAVE
a tricky deceitful fellow
The meaning of the word knave is a tricky deceitful fellow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brink | edge |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| shambles | a meat market |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| rotunda | a round building |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |