GRE Word List
UNDERHAND
in a clandestine manner
The meaning of the word underhand is in a clandestine manner.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
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| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
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