GRE Word List
SKULDUGGERY
underhanded or unscrupulous behavior
The meaning of the word skulduggery is underhanded or unscrupulous behavior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| 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 |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |