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Chicanery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Chicanery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nər.i/ US /-nɚ-/ (noun) clever, dishonest talk or behavior which is used to deceive people, deception, trickery, smoke and mirrors, underhandedness: Clearly there is some chicanery going on. Antonyms truthfulness, honesty, integrity
Hapless 1100 Words You Need Hapless 1100 Words You Need /ˈhæp.ləs/ (adj) unlucky and unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, wretched, miserable, ill-starred, star-crossed, doomed: The hapless father, as a pauper, now has a triplet. Antonyms happy, lucky Parts of Speech Noun: haplessness Adverb: haplessly
Plethora 1100 Words You Need Plethora 1100 Words You Need /ˈpleθ.ər.ə/ US /-ɚ.ə/ (noun) a large amount of something, an excessive amount or number of something, overabundance, excess, surfeit, surplus, superfluity: We’re receiving a plethora of online orders from our customers, and unfortunately, we cannot handle all of them at once. Antonyms shortage, paucity, deficiency …
Furtive 1100 Words You Need Furtive 1100 Words You Need /ˈfɜː.tɪv/ US /ˈfɝː.ţɪv/ (adj) done in a secretive and stealthy way, stealthy, secret, sly, clandestine, hidden, disguised, surreptitious, shifty, secretive: He took a furtive look at her while she was having lunch. Parts of Speech Adverb: furtively Noun: furtiveness Antonyms open, honest, public
Sword of Damocles Sword of Damocles If you have a sword of Damocles hanging over you/your head, something bad seems very likely to happen to you, something that threatens to cause imminent disaster, a bad and disastrous event that might occur anytime: The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over the French politics. Antonyms …
Reticent 1100 Words You Need Reticent 1100 Words You Need /ˈret.ɪ.sənt/ US /ˈreţ.ə-/ (adj) Reticent definition unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings, quiet, restrained, uncommunicative, taciturn, silent, reserved: Example Most of the students were reticent about answering questions. Antonyms talkative, verbose, voluble Parts of speech Noun: reticence Adverb: reticently
Accost 1100 Words You Need Accost 1100 Words You Need /əˈkɒst/ US /-ˈkɑːst/ (verb) to approach or stop and speak to someone in a threatening way, approach, stop, confront, detain, buttonhole, hound: I’m usually accosted by beggars and drunks as I walk to the station. Antonyms avoid, evade
Intrepid 1100 Words You Need Intrepid 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈtrep.ɪd/ (adj) extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations, audacious, fearless, bold, courageous, valiant, heroic, daring, gallant, plucky, dauntless: a team of intrepid explorers Antonyms cowardly Parts of Speech Noun: intrepidity Noun: intrepidness Adverb: intrepidly
Throng 1100 Words You Need Throng 1100 Words You Need /θrɒŋ/ US /θrɑːŋ/ (noun & verb) a large group or crowd of people, multitude, horde, swarm, mob, host, mass, flock, cram, flood: The poor little child was lost in the throng. Antonyms few
Laconic 1100 Words You Need Laconic 1100 Words You Need /ləˈkɒn.ɪk/ US /-ˈkɑː.nɪk/ (adj) using only few words to express what you mean, terse, brief, concise, curt, to the point, short, succinct, economical: His laconic style in speech made his presentation curt and to the point. Antonyms talkative, long-winded, verbose, voluble, prolix Parts of Speech …