GRE Word List

UNDERHAND

in a clandestine manner

The meaning of the word underhand is in a clandestine manner.

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evasivetending 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)
filingan act or instance of using a file
etymologythe 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
coincidencethe act or condition of coinciding : correspondence
threadbarehaving the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby
mergerthe absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment
crossa structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution
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