GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |