GRE Word List
SKULDUGGERY
underhanded or unscrupulous behavior
The meaning of the word skulduggery is underhanded or unscrupulous behavior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |