GRE Word List

SKULDUGGERY

underhanded or unscrupulous behavior

The meaning of the word skulduggery is underhanded or unscrupulous behavior.

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WordMeaning
deflectto turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction
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testatora person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
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astutehaving or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever
inciteto move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
anachronisman error in chronology
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
hotheada hotheaded person
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid