GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |