GRE Word List
MENDACIOUS
given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
The meaning of the word mendacious is given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |