GRE Word List
SLY
wise in practical affairs
The meaning of the word sly is wise in practical affairs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |