GRE Word List
SKULDUGGERY
underhanded or unscrupulous behavior
The meaning of the word skulduggery is underhanded or unscrupulous behavior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |