GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| plait | pleat |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |