GRE Word List
SKULDUGGERY
underhanded or unscrupulous behavior
The meaning of the word skulduggery is underhanded or unscrupulous behavior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |