GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |